CLEAR! *zapped with a defibrilator* Holy smokes! This is awesome to get even acknowledged by my favorite writters. But to actually be complimented by them? Thank you so much! I'm glad you guys liked it.

I'm opening the floor to some requests for joining but since I'm not familiar with some of you, I'd like to ask that you send me a template of your character(s) that you'd like me to use plus maybe some story they may have been in.

Okay. Two pieces of news. One, the requests have been moved to my request thread. The other, got a new short idea so one should be coming soon. If it doesn't come tomorrow it should be up on Monday! I may even get it up today if I keep it short enough!

*Riolu and Anthony walk across the stage*
Riolu: Hi everyone! Your favorite friendly Riolu has returned with another short.
Anthony: I'm in this one more this time!
Riolu: *rolls his eyes* Yes. Because Anthony was so irritated with only a few lines in the last story, the writer decided to put a bit more focus on him. No guest stars this time guys. You won't see Nate for long either. I'll be showing up this time.
Anthony: This story is going to be mainly a standard fun time with Nate and his pokemon. Speaking of which, where are Nate and Lucario?
Riolu: They're off working with the writer on his main stories. Nate is off being that cool chimera in Johto while Lucario is off in the Mystery Dungeon story.
Anthony: Oh. Well what about that third one the wirtter's working on? Dragons right?
Riolu: Yeah that's the title. He's putting that one on pause until he finishes one of the others unless he gets a lot of requests to continue it. Anyway, we're getting off topic here so on with the show!
Anthony: Roll clip!


Sparring and Snacking
by, Riolu

Anthony charged forward, head down to tackle Arcanine. All Arcanine had to do to stop the tiny diapered pokemon was lift one paw and place it on his head. She laughed as he kept running and then gave a bark of surprise as he managed to shove her over onto her back. Anthony ran across her stomach and looked her straight in the eye, growling. He stopped immediately when Arcanine leaned up and licked him across the face. He froze and fell over onto his side.

"I didn't know you knew a ghost attack Arcanine!" Nate laughed as he applauded the two.

"She doesn't." Ninetales said, licking him as he leaned against her side. "Anthony was just caught off guard and embarrassed by it. Besides, a ghost attack like Lick wouldn't work on a Normal Pokemon like Anthony, remember?"

"Oh yeah." Nate said. "I forgot cause it looked like it worked on him as an attack. I guess Arcanine wins that round."

"You wouldn't last much longer." Anthony retorted as he picked himself up off the battle field in the back yard. "Let's see you try to beat her."

"Okay." Nate said, accepting the challenge eagerly. "Ninetales?"

Ninetales smiled and touched Nathaniel with a glowing tail. There was a flash of light and in the place of the hybrid, there sat a young Riolu.

"Thanks Ninetales!" Nate said running onto the field. He stepped over to one point on the field and Arcanine did the same for the other. Anthony leaped off the field and Ninetales signalled to start with a jet of flame into the air. Arcanine charged quickly, but Nate met her halfway across the field. He slid underneath her and gave a few whacks with his palms before twisting to the side and catching her hind legs with his whole body. Her legs flew into the air and Arcanine tripped as Nate rolled back to his feet and ran at her again. Arcanine was ready for him and pounced on her favorite pup. She pinned his arms to the ground and began to bear down on him. Nate smirked and flipped over, his foot catching her chin, and then heaved his arms upward when his feet touched ground. Arcanine stood almost straight upward on her hind legs and was then knocked over onto her back when Nate pounced into her belly.

"Give up?" Nate asked looking up at her.

"Not yet." Arcanine answered rolling over, burrying Nate beneath her. Arcanine felt movement beneath her and then it stopped. She looked under her and saw a hole in the ground. She barely had time to look up before Nate popped up from underground in front of her and smacked his tail into her nose. Arcanine clapped her paws over her nose and signalled with her tail that she gave up.

"Sorry Arcanine." Nate said hugging her around the neck. "Didn't mean to get your nose."

"I'b otay." Arcanine said. "Thad wath a good thwack. Yoof been pwactithing thad dail hit Skib showed you."

"Yep." Nate said proudly. "He said the otter's rudder is one of his better tools. A hefty rudder equals a hefty whack. A Riolu's thick tail works almost as well."

"It'll come in handy when you learn Iron Tail." Ninetales said dripping some Oran Berry juice onto Arcanine's nose. "Just remember it is better to hit the opponent rather than a specific body part. That is just low and crude to disable your opponent thusly and is frowned upon almost everywhere."

"Right." Arcanine said, her nose healed once again. "Well, after all that sparring, I'm sure you two are ready for a snack."

"Not quite yet." Anthony said. "I want to spar with Nate just to make sure that wasn't a fluke."

"Oh come on Anthony." Nate laughed. "Does it really matter?"

"Yes." Anthony said smiling, already getting more adrenaline pumping through his veins.

"Okay then." Nate said, just before Anthony charged headlong into him. Nate rolled backwards to lessen the impact and laughed. After several exchanges of blows, Anthony and Nate slumped to the ground back to back.

"Whew!" ANthony said laughing. "Now that, was sparring."

"You haven't beaten me yet." Nate laughed.

"Aye, but I haven't lost either." Anthony said. "What do you say we get a drink ad a change and then do something else?"

"Otay!" Nate wheezed happily. Ninetales made quick work of changing them both and then Arcanine slumped over onto her side. It wasn't long before the two she considered her full-time pups were suckling away at her teats. When Arcanine began licking them, he began purring. He always loved the taste of her milk fresh from her and when she treated them like this, he felt so secure and happy. When they both had drank their fill, Ninetales licked the bit of milk that was dribbling down their chins off and smirked at Nathaniel.

"I still don't get how you can purr when you're a Riolu." She laughed. "I'm supposed to have changed your form completely."

"Doesn't matter." Nate said smiling.

"I think it's cute he can still purr." Arcanine said licking Nathaniel once again.

Nathaniel giggled and then let out a cute yawn. It was one of those contagious ones that make everyone else yawn and all three of the other pokemon let out a yawn of their own.

"Looks like a certain couple of kits could use a nap." Ninetales laughed.

"Who? Us?" Anthony said innocently.

"Yes you." Arcanine said picking him up by the scruff of the neck.

"Hey let me go." Anthony said sleepily as he went limp in her jaws.

"Uh-uh!" Arcanine said, albeit muffled by Anthony.

"Let's get you two upstairs for a nap then." Ninetales said picking Nate up in her tails.

"Can we just nap out here?" Nate asked sweetly. "It's nice out and you guys could use a nap too. We weren't the only ones who yawned."

Ninetales and Arcanine looked at each other. Whe they both looked at Nate again, he was pouring on the puppy dog eyes that they weren't sure was more effective when he was a Riolu or when he was in his furr form. It didn't matter because they both agreed and set the two of them down beneath a tree and then curled around them. Ninetales began humming a simple lullaby from a time long past and almost forgotten (the lullaby certainly was) and soon all four of them gave a gentle sigh and fell asleep (to the accompaniment of two faint hissing noises coming from Nate and Anthony).



*Riolu and Anthony walk back onto the stage*
Riolu: Well guys, that was probably the shortest work the writter has ever made.
Anthony: At least I got a bit more action out of it.
Riolu: Always about you, huh buddy?
Anthony: Of course! I was elected for Cutesident, remember?
Riolu: Only by one of our biggest fans and now one of our best friends.
Anthony: Yeah. Sunny sure is a nice guy.
Riolu: Back on topic please. We don't want to irritate the writter.
"NO YOU DO NOT!" *stage shakes*
Anthony: Whoah! Maybe we should just cut this one short.
Riolu: *hurriedly* We hope you all liked the latest edition to Riolu's Shorts. See you next time!
*both run off the stage, trippping over each other in their haste*
*Ninetales walks on smirking with a megaphone and button controlling an earthquake feature for the stage in her tails*
Ninetales: Don't you just love special effects? *follows after the two*

Awww, cute! ^.^

Well guys, good news and bad news. Good news is, we've got a new short coming with a new character and two co-stars! Bad news is, it will be the last one for a bit. I've got two stories to complete and two more ideas for stories I'd like to start working on. Hope you all enjoy the next one!

*Enter Riolu and Anthony*
Riolu: Hi everyone!
Anthony: Welcome once again to Riolu's Shorts!
Riolu: This one might be a bit longer this time but we don't know.
Anthony: The writter doesn't tell us how long things are going to be. We do this before he even starts the story.
*Enter Lucario*
Riolu: Hey Lucario! What are you doing here?
Lucario: Well, now that the Times of Darkness is over and I won't be in the side story that will be coming soon, I figured I'd join back in on this.
Anthony: Cool! Well welcome back.
Lucario: Thanks. I also come with news for this coming story. We've had another volunteer to join in on these so we will be having two guest stars this time.
Riolu: Really? Who are they?
Lucario: You all know the lovable big squirrel Zee-Zee. He'll be joining in once again. But this time, we are pleased to announce that his Uncle Rai will be joining in!
Anthony: ALRIGHT! I love his stories!
Riolu: The writter does too. That's why he's so happy to add him in. We hope you all enjoy this latest installment of Riolu's Shorts.
Anthony: Let's hope I'm in this one again.
Lucario and Riolu: *roll their eyes and drag the vain little Eevee off the stage*




Another Sleepover and a New Friend
By, Riolu


"WEEEEEEE!" Zee-Zee screech happily.

"YAAAAHOOOOOO!" Nathaniel yelled exultantly as he zoomed through the skies with his new friend strapped to him. Nate had finally convinced Zena to let him take Zee-Zee even higher into the skies. Instead of a foot above the fence, this time, the sky was litterally the limit. Nate's wings were getting a little tired so he stopped forcing speed into his flight and fell into a lazy glide. Zee-Zee looked down at the ground through the goggles Nate gave him that worked almost a well as his glasses.

"WOW." Zee-Zee chirped. "You can see everything from up here!"

"I know." Nathaniel said happily as he felt the winds pass through his furry face. "Anthony loves the view from up here too. You about ready to go back down yet?"

"Nope!" Zee-Zee chattered happily. "I want to catch a cloud first."

"Are you sure about that?" Nate laughed. "They're not what you think. They're made of water."

"I know that." Zee-Zee laughed. "I just want to feel one anyway."

"Okay then." Nate said, not too surprised that Zee-Zee knew about clouds being made of water, being the clever squirrel he was (he wished he'd known that the time he tried to land on a cloud for a nap). "Here we go then. Through a cloud and then a steep dive before the landing!"

Nate zoomed for the nearest cloud and Zee-Zee opened his mouth wide as they flew through it. They both came out sneezing (the misty water had gone up their nose) and then they dove for the ground. Both let out excited yells before Nate leveled off and flew ten feet above Zee-Zee's street and landed neatly in Zee-Zee's front yard. Nate unclipped the harness Skip had made for high flying passengers and let Zee-Zee down before they tried to shake themselves dry.

"That was soo cool!" Zee-Zee said. "I really wish I could do that on my own."

"We'll do it again sometime." Nate said, teeth chattering a bit despite the sweater he was wearing for the high altitudes he'd brought Zee-Zee up to. "Maybe we should go inside and take a hot bath. We're both wet with really cold water." Nathaniel glanced down at both of them. "And with something else."

Zee-Zee hid his embarrassment with his bushy tail. It may have been worth it as fun as the ride was, but he still felt embarrasssed at having used the diaper Nate made him wear going up into the air.

"Why did I have to wear a diaper again?" Zee-Zee asked.

"As exciting as the flight was you might have leaked." Nate said. "Plus there are no potties in the air and it can take awhile to get down to the ground, get unclipped and then to the bathroom. And also, even if you didn't leak, trainers get cold when they're used. Diapers take longer for that to happen. I took Skip up in the sky once when he was wearing a pull-up and he got a cold that lasted a month after that flight. Don't worry Zee-Zee, I wont tell anyone."

"Thanks." Zee-Zee said. He sneezed once and then they both laughed as they ran into the house dripping.

"My goodness!" Zena laughed when she saw the two. "What did you boys do? Land in a lake?"

"Nah. Just a cloud." Nate laughed. "Can we take a hot bath? It usually helps after a chilly flight."

"Sure boys." Zena said. "Let's go run one."

They walked over to the bathroom and Zena started the tub while the boys tried to undress themselves. Nate's hands were too cold, so he couldn't grab his clothes. Zee-Zee managed to get the sweater over his head but couldn't get it off the rest of the way. Zena, seeing her son's plight, laughed and helped him get the sweater off. She started to help him with the rest of his clothes but he insisted on being a big squirrel and doing it himself. Nate however accepted the help gratefully when Zena offer to help him too. Zee-Zee managed to get down to the soaked diaper he was wearing, but he couldn't get the tapes. His finger tips were just too cold and he couldn't get ahold of the ends of them. He finally let Zena (who tired her best not to laugh at how cute Zee-Zee looked) help him with them and she rolled the diaper up before throwing it away. She did the same with Nate's and helped the boys into the tub.

"Will you two be okay by yourselves while I go check on that cute little Eevee of yours Nate?" Zena asked. "He's been asleep the whole time you were gone."

"We'll be okay." Nate said, feeling totally relaxed by the somewhat steaming water. "Zee-Zee's too clever to drown in a tub and I'm part otter so I can swim really well."

"Okay." Zena said smiling. "Try not to get too much water on the floor now."

She walked off and smiled when she heard the first splash. "Boys will be boys." she thought as another splash followed by a lot of laughing echoed from the bathroom. She walked down to the couch and saw Anthony just starting to wake up.

"Morning sleepyhead." She said picking up the Eevee. "Nate's back and taking a hot bath with Zee-Zee. Would you like to join them?"

"No thanks." Anthony said. "I just had my bath three months ago."

Zena looked at him wierdly and then Anthony burst into giggles. Zena began laughing too and then Anthony nodded to let her know he did want to join them. Zena carried the adorable little fox-like pokemon into the bathroom and was surprised at how little water there was on the floor. The splash fight had stopped and the duo were leaning against the back of the tub, looking as if they were almost asleep. Nathaniel smiled when he saw Anthony and wave a bit. Zee-Zee looked up too and smiled at Anthony as well.

"I thought you boys had fallen asleep on me for a second there." Zena laughed as she stripped off Anthony's wet diaper.

"Nah." Nate said as Anthony was lowered into the water with them. "The hot water is just really relaxing after that."

Zena heard the phone ring and left the trio in the tub to start a new splash fight after Anthony squirted them with a bit of water. Nate slapped the water loudy with his rudder and ended up splashing all three of them. Zee-Zee tried the same thing but all he ended up doing was make a bit of water splash upwards instead. He looked at Nate questioningly and he explained it was the otter part of his tail that could do that. Nate then grabbed hold of some of the shampoo that was nearby and squirted a bit onto his paws.

"What are you doing?" Anthony asked.

"I thought we'd make it a real bath, that way we don't have to take one later." Nate explained.

"Good idea." Zee-Zee said.

The trio each started to wash each other and Zena walked back in to see them all very soapy. She stiffled a laugh at the mostly white squirrels stood there scruubing Anthony and then knocked on the door to get their attention.

"Boys, the sleepover we had planned tonight is going to change a bit." Zena said.

"How so?" Nate asked.

"Zed just got asked to dinner and was asked to bring me along." Zena said. "I called someone else to watch you guys tonight instead."

"Who?" Zee-Zee asked, guessing already who it might be since he usually watched him when his mom and dad went out somewhere.

"It will be your uncle Rai sweetie." Zena said. "I just called him and he's agreed to watch the three of you tonight. I already called Skip and Zoe and they said it was okay."

"Uncle Rai! Hooray!" Zee-Zee cheered excitedly.

"Just rinse yourselves off and we'll get you dressed and over to his house." Zena said smiling.

"Okay." Nate said. He slapped his rudder against the surface of the water again and the splash rinsed off him, Zee-Zee, Anthony, and unfortunately, Zena. She stood there with a blank look on her face while Nate looked at her with worry. She finally cracked a smile and began laughing.

"I was going to give my face a rinse before I left anyway." Zena said still laughing. "Plus I needed to change for dinner anyway."

"So I'm not in trouble?" Nate asked tentatively.

"No sweetie." Zena laughed. "Just dunk yourself next time instead of making a tidal wave. Now let's just get you boys dries off."

"You might want to drain the tub and close the shower curtain for Anthony." Nate said. "If you don't get a towel on him soon after he's out of the water, it's like putting a sprinkler indoors."

"HEY!" Anthony pouted.

"I'll just dry him off first then." Zena said.

She picked Anthony out of the water and immediately wrapped him in a towel. She almost dropped him when he began shaking himself off in her arms and then he relaxed there as she began rubbing him dry. When she began drying him between the ears, he got a slight look of bliss in his eyes. Zee-Zee and Nate laughed and they both got out of the tub on their own. Nate slipped on some of the water on the floor and would have fallen if Zee-Zee hadn't stopped him. After a word of thanks, Nate quickly grabbed a towel and wrapped it around him. He then shook himself off and removed the towel, completely dry.

"Thank you otter fur." Nate said. He always liked the fact that he could dry his fur quickly after a bath. Zee-Zee was already toweling himself off but Nate used the dry parts of his towel to help. Zee-Zee tried to stop him for a moment (he's a big squirrel after all) but Nate explained they'd be done sooner and Zee-Zee wondered why he didn't think of that. When everyone was dried off and put into their diapers (trainers for Zee-Zee of course), they got their clothes back on and Zena had them wait downstairs while Zena got herself ready.

*Riolu, Anthony and Lucario walk onto the stage*
Riolu: Don't worry guys! This isn't the end of it.
Anthony: This is just what the writter's got so far. He's working on more but this is all he has on google docs.
Lucario: We'd like to apologize for the writter sticking Zee-Zee in a diaper at the beginning of the story.
Riolu: Yeah. Sorry buddy. I'm sure the writter is gonna try to make sure Zee-Zee is a big squirrel for the rest of the story.
Anthony: I still don't see why he worries about that. Wearing diapers doesn't make you any smaller. Just like being potty trained doesn't make you a big boy.
Lucario: Well for Zee-Zee it does. It's at least important to him and we should support him in that!
Riolu: Before we get to far off topic, stay tuned for the rest of this one!
*curtain closes when Riolu hits the lever with an Aura Sphere*

*giggle* It's worth wearing a diaper if it means getting to fly up to the clouds! ^.^ Thanks for writing me into another story, Riolu, I love it! You really have become one of my favourite writers! *hugs*

*Blushes but hugs back* thanks Zee-Zee! I know I've said it before but you're one of my favorites too! The rest should be coming today. I finished it on the way to school this morning.

*Riolu walks back on stage*
Riolu: Okay guys, I'm gonna keep this short a sweet. Here's the rest of the story!
*Walks back off*



"So what's your uncle Rai like?" Nate asked.

"He's really nice." Zee-Zee said. "He loves taking care of cubs but he can be a little... um..."

"Mean?" Nate asked worriedly.

"No!" Zee-Zee answered reassuringly. "I can't remember what Moma said he was at times."

"He's just a little stern when cubs get too out of line." Zena said as she walked in. Nate turned to look and dropped his jaw. He had a hard time deciding whether she was prettier or Zoe was when she dressed girly. She was in a pretty red dress and looked ready for a very upscale restaurant.

"Wow moma!" Zee-Zee said. "You look nice!"

"I think Nate thinks so too." Anthony said waving a paw in front of his face. "I don't get why he does this when he sees Zoe dressed like you are."

Nate gulped and glared at Anthony and said, "You do something similar when you see a pretty vixen. You sometimes even act extra cute just to get their attention and have them fuss over you for a bit."

"Do not!" Anthony retorted, but his blush advertised otherwise.

Zena laughed and said, "Thanks boys. Let's get you over to Rai's house. Grab your bag Nate."

Nate did and then they walked out the door. Zena led them to the house next door and knocked politely. There was a slight sound of soft footsteps that grow a little louder and then the door opened, revealing a tall figure. Nate looked up at him in awe. Mewtwo was one of the few pokemon he'd never seen before and he wasn't dissapointed. He looked even cooler than the Mewtwo in Nate's pokedex. He had goldish yellow fur on top, with a darker brown on the lower area and tail. He was also wearing a blue shirt and jeans. Anthony used his tail to shut Nate's open mouth and Raikan smiled down at them both.

"So these are the other two I'll be watching then Zena?" Raikan asked. "What are your friends' names Zee-Zee?"

"This is Nate Uncle Rai." Zee-Zee said tugging him forward. "And this is his buddy Anthony!"

"H-h-hi." Nate stuttered (rather uncharacteristically of him), offering him his paw to shake.

"No need to be scared Nate." Raikan said shaking his paw. "I don't bite."

"Sorry." Nate said. "I've just never seen a Mewtwo before, let alone got to meet one. I thought Mewtwo were supposed to be purple, or rarely sometimes green?"

"I'm just differednt that way." Raikan said smiling. "Come on in boys. Have a nice evening Zena. Nice dress by the way."

"Thanks Raikan." Zena said. "Behave for your uncle Rai Zee-Zee."

"Okay moma." Zee-Zee said, blushing a bit as Zena kissed him on the cheek in front of his friends. He ran inside dragging Nate behind him and led Nate right to the livingroom. Anthony followed at a slower pace (guessing Raikan might tell them later not to run in the house). Raikan walked in after them after chatting with Zena and looked at Zee-Zee with a slightly stern look.

"You shouldn't run indoors Zee-Zee." Raikan said.

"Sorry uncle Rai." Zee-Zee said.

"Zena said you boys have had a bath already." Raikan said. "So we won't have to worry about that tonight. Zena also told me you have everything you'll need in your bag for tonight Nate, and she gave me pajamas for you Zee-Zee. Is there anything I need to know about in your bag Nate?"

Nate blushed and opened his bag to show Raikan the contents. In addition to his and Anthony's diapers, pluss his sleeper, there was a bottle of Arcanine's milk for both of them. Raikan pulled the two of them out and looked at them.

"So when do you drink these two Nate?" He asked.

"One's for me." Nate said. "The other is for Anthony. We drink them before bed or when you put us down for bed."

"Are you usually fed or can you drink them by yourselves?" Raikan asked.

"I can feed myself but Anthony usually needs help." Nate said.

"I can feed myself too!" Anthony yipped indignantly.

"Yes but you look funny when you do it." Nate chuckled. "You lay on your back and hold the bottle in all four paws."

Anthony huffed a bit but he knew Nate was right. Raikan just smiled at the pair and marveled at how the two acted just like brothers to a certain degree.

"So what would you kids like for dinner?" Raikan asked.

"You wouldn't happen to have any ramen would you?" Nate asked. "I'm feeling like asian for dinner for some reason. Except sushi. I don't know why, but I never could get a taste for it. Maybe it's the seaweed that's on most of the types I've tried."

"I think I've got some." Raikan said. "How about we go check."

Raikan led the trio into the kitchen and opened up a cupboard. He rummaged around a bit and found a few cups of instant ramen noodles. Nate's eyes lit up when he saw that one of the flavors was a spicy shrimp.

"OOOH!" Nate squealed. "Can I have that one? I really like shrimp and I like spicy stuff too!"

"Okay." Raikan said. "I forgot I had these for times I need a quick meal. Are you guys hungry now? It's close to dinner time."

"Sure!" Nate said. "I can eat."

Zee-Zee and Anthony just answered with rumbling bellies that elicted a laugh from both Raikan and Nate. Raikan pulled out a few more cups and filled them with steaming tap water. He told them to wait a bit before they started when the doorbell rang. Raikan went to the door and was surprised when he saw an Absol standing on the doorstep.

"Um... sorry to disturb you but is Nate here?" The Absol asked shyly, hoping Raikan wouldn't be the type to chase him away like some others did.

"Who are you exactly?" Raikan asked?

"UNCLE ABSOL!" Nate yelled, making Raikan jump as he rushed past and tackled the Absol to the ground.

"Well hello to you too." Absol wheezed when he got his breath back. "Are you getting heavier? You knocked the wind out of me on impact this time."

"Sorry Absol." Nate said. "Oh! This is Raikan. He's a friend of my new buddy Zee-Zee."

"Ninetales told me about him." Absol said. "Um.. is it okay if I come in mister Raikan?"

"Just call me Raikan or Rai." Raikan said, relaxing a bit after the scare Nate gave him. "Since Nate clearly knows you, then that's fine by me."

"Thank you Raikan." Absol said after scooping Nate onto his back. He nervously scooted past Raikan but Raikan stopped him with his tail.

"You don't have to be nervous about whether I go by the stereotype most Absol are afflicted by." Raikan said. "I know the truth about your race so I wont judge you based on that."

"Thank you Raikan." Absol said again, visibly relaxing this time. Nate already liked Raikan, but now he felt a growing respect for him. Absol felt the same respect and felt happy at the prospect of another possible friend (it was hard for him to make friends given his apperance and the stereotype in places with knowledge on pokemon). Absol walked into the kitchen and was almost knocked over when Anthony ran into him excitedly. Absol nuzzled him affectionately and looked at Zee-Zee who had a bit of a nervous look in his eyes.

"This is my Uncle Absol Zee-Zee." Nate said bounding over to him. "You remember me telling you about him right?"

"Yeah." Zee-Zee said. "He looks a little scarier than the one in the book."

"Don't worry." Nate said. "He's one of the friendliest Absol you'll ever meet. He's just a little shy around strangers."

"Hi." Absol said, walking tentatively up to Zee-Zee. "You must be the friend Ninetales told me about."

"Yeah." Zee-Zee said, still a little nervous around Absol. "I'm Zee-Zee. Nice to meet you."

Nate looked back and forth between the two and hoped they wouldn't be nervous around each other for the rest of the night. Raikan walked back in and rcognized something in Zee-Zee's eyes besides the nervousness from meeting Absol.

"Do you ave to go potty Zee-Zee?" Raikan asked, knowing full well what the answer would be.

"YES." Zee-Zee squealed as he realized he had to go. Absol, sensing what was to come, scooped Zee-Zee up (with a surprised yelp from the squirrel) an ran for where he could smell the bathroom. Nate, who was still on Absol's back, hopped off with Zee-Zee and helped him get his pants down before he turned away. Zee-Zee got his pull-up down and sat down on the training potty Raikan had and let out a releived sigh. When he was done, he took a look at the inside of his pull-up and was glad to find it dry. He pulled his pull-up back up and Nate helped with the tail tape. After they got his pants back up, Zee-Zee looked at Absol in a new light. Now Absol didn't seem so scary.

"Thank you Absol." Zee-Zee said, hugging the slightly embarrassed Dark Pokemon.

"Your welcome Zee-Zee." Absol said, leaning down to lick Zee-Zee the same way he licked Nate whenever he was proud of him for something. "Way to hold it in."

"I take it he made it then." Raikan said stepping around the corner. "Good job Zee-Zee."

"Thanks Uncle Rai." Zee-Zee said.

"Can you watch them for a minute Absol while they eat?" Raikan asked. "I've got to go do something in my room."

"Sure, no problem." Absol said knowingly. "I don't blame you after how high Nate made you jump."

Raikan looked stunned for a moment but then walked into his room and closed the door. Zee-Zee was clever enough to realize what had happend but Nate (while he knew Raikan was diapered from knowing the signs as well as he did) didn't realize Rai had wet himself. Absol took them both back to the kitchen and made sure they both had bibs (despite Zee-Zee's protests that he was a big squirrel) before they started eating. Anthony hadn't managed to attain the ability to use silverware but did have enough talent to drink the ramen out of the cup without spilling anything. Nate actually made decent use of the chopsticks that came with the cup and tried to help Zee-Zee get it but used a fork to make Zee-Zee feel better when he couldn't get the hang of it. Raikan came back a few minutes later (Anthony and Absol noticing the slight aroma of baby powder as he did but saying nothing). He joined them in eating and when all of them were done, let them sit out in the livingroom to watch a movie. He checked Nate and Anthony and found them both to be wet so he had them lie down while he made quick work of changing them. Absol helped a bit by handing Raikan a few things but he didn't have nearly as much talent for changing diapers as Ninetales so he didn't do much else. When the two were changed, Absol walked out the back door for a bit of fresh air and Raikan joined him (while listening intently to make sure the kids didn't get themselves into trouble.

"You don't find too many Pokemon in this world." Absol said, shyly trying to strike up a conversation.

"No you don't." Raikan said. "So how did you get here?"

"I came with Nate when they moved into this world." Absol said. "I left before they reached their house just to wander around since I did that a lot in the world we came from. It doesn't look like I'll be needing to do that as much anymore cause in this world, everyone seems so much nicer. Some I've met are frightened of me but nobody holds that stereotyp about Absol here. It's also nice that everyone can understand what you're saying. In the world I was born in, that wasn't always the case."

"Yeah." Raikan said wistfully. "This place is nice. It's also full of cubs to care for."

"You really like that huh?" Absol chuckled. "Um... I don't mean to pry but... umm... Would you mind to teeribly much if I were to ask why you wear diapers?"

"I'd rather not go into that." Raikan answered, a hint of bitterness creeping in from memories. "How'd you know anyway?"

"When I came to this world I gained the ability to sense a minor disaster." Absol said. "I can sense when someone is going to have an accident. I haven't fine tuned it yet to where I can see far enough ahead to prevent one bu I sensed you wet yourself when Nate scared you. Nate probably knows too and Anthony is likely by now. Nate just knows when someone is wearing any kind of absorbant underwear and Anthony probably smelled the baby powder like I did. You don't have to worry about them. They wont change their opinion of you at all based on that. Usually it would affect you positively anyway."

"Nice to know." Raikan said. "Thanks for helping Zee-Zee by the way."

"No problem." Absol said. "I'm not gonna stay here much longer. I wanted to see Nate for a bit before I go and spend the night with my vixen. I've missed her."

"Drop by anytime." Raikan said. "It's been nice meeting you."

"Likewise." Absol said as he stated to walk back inside. Raikan followed after him and smiled at the two squirrels sitting on the couch. They were each scratching one of Anthony's ears. Raikan marvelled at how Nate looked a little bit like an older Zee-Zee (minus the glassed and adding a bit more bulge). He realized that if you took away the otter influence, he'd look almost exactly like Zee-Zee. They could have been brothers. They almost seemed like it when he thought about it. He couldn't tell which would be the older though after what Zena told him about Nate. By age it was obvious but mentally it was a tough choice. Zee-Zee was always Zee-Zee but Nate was all over the place. He seemed so mature at times but at others he acted younger than Zee-Zee.

Absol walked over to Nate and nuzzled him before he said, "I've got to go now Nate."

"Awwww." Nate whined, proving Raikan's thoughts about him acting young. "Do you have to?"

"Yes I do." Absol laughed. "You know what Ninetales might do to me if I show up late."

"She's probably gonna do it anyway." Nate giggled. "You like it when she does that anyway."

"Yes she's going to." Absol said blushing enough to make him look like his alternate color form. "But when she does it if I'm late, it's not nearly as much fun."

"I guess." Nate giggled. "Will I see you later then Uncle Absol?"

"I'll stick around awhile this time I guess." Absol said. "I don't feel like wandering as much anymore. By the way Zee-Zee, you should try to go potty. If you don't, you'll have an accident in about five minutes."

"Oh!" Zee-Zee said, realizing Absol was right. "Thank you Absol!"

Zee-Zee ran for the bathroom and Raikan looked at Absol confusedly.

"I thought you said you couldn't detect it far enough in advance to prevent that?" Raikan said.

"Normally I can't." Absol said. "But this was something different that's easier for kids to hold back."

"Oh." Raikan said, understanding what Absol meant. "Well, like I said, come by anytime."

"Thanks." Absol said. "I just might do that."

Absol nuzzled Nate and Anthony goodbye and then did the same for Zee-Zee (with an added congrats for making it) and then left. Raikan sat next to Zee-Zee when he got back on the couch and watched the movie with them. He recognized it as a pokemon movie and then knew which one it was when Darkrai showed up.

"Is this movie a little scary for you guys?" Raikan asked.

"Nah." Nate answered. "I've seen it before and Skip wouldn't have let me bring it if Zena hadn't said it was okay for Zee-Zee to watch. Besides, Zee-Zee hasn't gotten scared yet, have you?"

"Nope!" Zee-Zee said. "It's too cool to be scary."

"Even with the nightmares from Darkrai?" Raikan asked.

"Even with them." Zee-Zee said. "Darkrai seems a lot like Absol to me. Spooky, but he looks like he'd be nice if you got to know him."

"I've never gotten to meet a Darkrai." Nate said. "But I met another Legendary Pokemon who told me the same thing."

"What's a Legendary Pokemon again?" Zee-Zee asked.

"A Legendary Pokemon is a Pokemon so rare that in most worlds they are believed to be simply stories." Anthony explained (trying to sound like a professor). "In others, the term Legendary applies to their power or abilities. Legendary Pokemon are among the strongest of Pokemon in battle and few others can contest the stronger ones in one-on-one battle. Some Legendaries are related to the creation or shaping of the planet and so their abilities are considered legendary in that regard."

"So how many Legendary Pokemon have you met Nate?" Zee-Zee asked (pretending to understand Anthony even though there were only a few bits he missed).

"As of today, two." Nate said. "I've seen others but I've only met two legendary pokemon."

"Which two?" Zee-Zee asked. "Are they those two in the movie?"

"No, I've never met a Palkia or Dialga." Nate said. "Back at my old home, I got to meet the one who is said to have created them and the universe."

"Wow." Raikan said sounding impressed. "You've actually met Arceus?"

Zee-Zee looked at him wide eyed (thinking how lucky Nate was and how cool it would have been to meet a legendary pokemon).

"I met AN Arceus." Nate corrected. "I didn't meet THE Arceus. He was really nice. I got lost in a sort of open Zoo for pokemon and he brought me back to Skip and Zoe. He told me a lot of things about Pokemon too that I didn't know before. I was actually lost for a few days so he distracted me from being worried about Skip and Zoe by telling me some stories or little known facts. I know a lot of what he called "Legend Lore" now because of that."

"Wow." Zee-Zee said (even more envious of him now). "So who's the second Legendary Pokemon you met?"

"Why don't you ask your Uncle Rai?" Nate giggled.

Zee-Zee got a confused look for a second and then widened his eyes in realization. Nate was impressed at how clever Zee-Zee was again. Zee-Zee looked at Raikan who fidgeted a bit.

"Yes Zee-Zee, I'm a Legendary Pokemon." Raikan said. "I don't like to brag about it though."

"I forgot about you being a Legendary." Zee-Zee said (remembering the first sleepover with Nate). "So does that mean you're really strong?"

"Yes but I haven't battled in a long time." Raikan said. "I don't want to either. I prefere to battle only in self defense."

"Could you show us a couple attacks at least?" Anthony asked cutely.

"Maybe some other time." Raikan said.


"When was the last time you used one?" Anthony asked.

"First time that comes to mind was when I was babysitting a Mew." Raikan said (almost having a flashback in the process). "I used an Ice attack to cool off his bottle."

"Did he know any attacks?" Anthony asked.

"Water Gun." Raikan muttered, remembering bathtime for that Mew and the chaos it brought.

Anthony caught the look in Raikan's eyes and giggled at what that Mew could have possibly did with that attack.

"So do you know any stories about Mewtwo?" Zee-Zee asked.

"One in particular comes to mind." Nate answered worriedly. He looked at Raikan and said, "But it's not a very good one. Maybe it would be better as a bedtime story but then again maybe I shouldn't tell it at all."

"I think I know the one you're talking about." Mewtwo said. "As far as I know it only happend on one world. I think you can tell it as a bedtime story if you include Mew's story with it."

"Okay Raikan." Nate said. "Uh-oh. The music coming up always makes me cry for some reason."

The movie was coming to an end. It was the part of the Rise of Darkrai where Orassion is played by the towers. Tears gathered in Nate's eyes as the thrilling music played. Nate actually had a music box in his room that Skip made that played the song. He used it for a lullaby every now and again. Raikan smiled at Nate and looked to see Anthony was closing his eyes with a look of joy contentment on his face. When the movie was over, Raikan checked the clock and decided they had time for one more movie.

"This disc has every Pokemon movie on it." Nate said proudly. "We could watch another one."

"Which one do you want to watch?" Raikan asked going to the menu.

"How about Lucario and the Mystery of Mew?" Nate asked. "Lucario is one of my favorites."

"Are there any movies with Mewtwo in it?" Zee-Zee asked.

Raikan and Nate glanced at each other. They wondered whether they should watch them or not. In two of the ones with a Mewtwo as one of the main pokemon, Mewtwo wasn't very nice (even if he became nice at the end of one), and in the other he gets hurt and is still a bit grouchy.

"Yes but they aren't the best ones to watch." Nate said. "Especially with the story tonight."

"Oh." Zee-Zee said, not understanding what was so bad about Mewtwo. "Well let's watch that Mew movie instead."

Raikan started the movie and then asked Nate, "Should we feed you your bottle now so you don't have to take time for it during your story?"

"Um..." Nate said, feeling a little embarrassed as usual about being babyish around Zee-Zee. "Okay. If you really want to."

"I guess I'll show you kids one attack." Raikan said. "One of it's more practical uses anyway."

Raikan's eyes glowed blue and he made a gesture with his hand. The two bottles floated towards him and he grabbed them both and set one aside. He patted his lap and Nate got in his lap wide eyed.

"Was that Psychic or Confusion?" Nate asked.

"Confusion." Raikan answered as he craddled Nate and stuck the niple of the bottle between his lips. "Didn't need the power of Psychic for such small objects."

Nate nodded and began suckling. Raikan smiled at how cute Nate looked like that and almost laughed when he got an image of Zee-Zee like Nate was. Anthony thought the same thing and actually rolled off the couch laughing. Zee-Zee looked at him wondering what was so funny and then went back to watching the movie. When Nate finished his bottle, Raikan patted him once on the back. that proved to be a mistake as Nate let out a room shaking belch that rattled the windows, shook the TV, made Anthony leap to his feet in alarm (yipping something about an earthquake), and made Zee-Zee jump off the couch in surprise. Zee-Zee ran off to the bathroom because Nate almost made him wet himself. Raikan sat there with a shocked look on his face, just staring at Nate.

"Sorry Raikan." Nate said when he got his breath back. "Excuse me."

"Your excused." Raikan said (still wondering if he'd set off a bomb somehow). "Does Anthony do that?"

"No." Nate said. "He doesn't get gas from the bottle very often anyway. Unless he says he feels uncomfortable, he wont need to be burped."

"Okay." Raikan said (still with the look of shock on his face). "For future refference, do you need to all the time?"

"Sometimes if I'm not it comes out the other end at night and Anthony really doesn't like that." Nate said giggling a bit. "He says when he wakes up from the noise he's almost knocked back out by the smell."

"Hey uncle Rai?" Zee-Ze asked as he came back out. "Where's Sirius at?"

"He's at another friend's house." Raikan answered. "Did you make it?"

"Yep!" Zee-Zee said proudly.

"Good job Zee-Zee!" Nate and Raikan said together. Zee-Zee smiled and sat back down on the couch. Nate got off Raikan's lap and sat next to Zee-Zee while Raikan set Anthony on his lap and began to bottle feed him too. Even though Raikan was holding it, Anthony still held the bottle with all four of his paws and made the other three laugh at him. Anthony ignored them and finished the bottle in a couple minutes. When Raikan offered to burp him (rather reluctantly as he was still afraid there would be a repeat of what happend with Nate), Anthony declined and said his stomach felt fine. Raikan nodded and then Anthony just rolled over and curled up in his lap. Raikan smiled and began stroking Anthony while the movie continued. When it finished, Raikan picked up the sleeping Anthony and Nate and carried them to a guest room while Zee-Zee followed with the night bags. Raikan changed a wet and messy Anthony without waking him up surprisingly and then changed Nate (who was only wet). After the diaper changes, Raikan helped Nate into his sleeper while Zee-Zee put on his pajamas and then tucked the tiro into the bed.

"Let's hear your story Nate." Raikan said.

"Okay." Nate said. "I just want you to know Zee-Zee that your Uncle Rai isn't like the Mewtwo in this story."

Zee-Zee nodded confusedly. Nate was about to begin but Raikan told him to maybe shorten it to cliff notes version when he saw how late it was. Nate nodded and began the story.

"The story takes place after the creation of the world. At the very beginning, Mew were created by all of the legendary pokemon and they populated one island in particular. They were happy there and lived peacefully for years. Then came one day when one Mew, for unknown reasons, began experimenting with the other Mew. He had clearly lost some of his sanity somehow and the experiments were excrutiatingly painful. He eventually captured all but two Mew. They were a mother and her son. They actually fled to the Tree of Beginings and stayed there while the young Mew grew. They had a simple existance there. They weren't as happy as they were when they had the Mew of the island for company but they made due with each other and the tree. In time, odd creatures began to show up at the tree. These were new species of Pokemon. What had happened was the crazed Mew had experimented so much that he brought out the attack Transform in the Mew race and got them trapped in their new forms. The grown Mew, seeing this and knowing the torture they had gone through, became determined to stop the Mew. His mother was able to stop him from charging headlong into battle and convinced him to train himself for the eventual showdown. The new Pokemon helped the Mew to train and taught him as many attacks as they could. When Mew felt confident enough in his abilities, he kissed his mother good-bye and flew off to confront the insane Mew. When he got there, he was shocked by what he saw. The Mew had experimented on himself and created a unique Pokemon. He was much stronger now and a lot bigger than the Mew who had come to face him. He had become, the first Mewtwo. Mew laid down his ultimatum and Mewtwo defied him. The two clashed with their attacks and it soon became evident that Mewtwo was the stronger of the two. However, Mew had an advantage over Mewtwo. He had learned almost every single attack known to any Pokemon, including those known by Legendaries as they too had helped to train him for this showdown. After a long and hardfought battle, Mewtwo was finally defeated, but Mew was terribly wounded. Mewtwo's head finally cleared and he saw and felt the horrors he had wrought. He felt remorse for his actions and used the last of his power to do what he could for those he had harmed. The Mew was healed, even though scars remained, and the victims of his experiments had their memories erased. They never knew they were once Mew and never remembered the horror of their torture. Mewtwo faded but his spirit remained. It was then that Arceus appeared before the two combatants and the Mew's mother. For their actions, they were bestowed the power of the Legends and sat as members of the legendary council. That is the story of Mew, Mewtwo, and the Creation of Pokemon. Many dismiss this as a fairy tale but there is some evidence for it. Mew is said to contain the DNA of all Pokemon within him. This is almost true. It is not that Mew contains the DNA of all pokemon within him, it is that every Pokemon's DNA is a piece of Mew's DNA."

Zee-Zee was quiet for awhile and the said, "Wow." He looked at his Uncle Rai and smiled. "That Mewtwo was a little like you. He was good in the end and I know you are too. That was a good story Nate."

"Thank you Zee-Zee." Nate and Raikan said together.

"Good night boys." Raikan said, gently kissing the already sleeping Zee-Zee and the half-asleep Nate on the foreheads. Raikan removed Zee-Zee's glasses and set them on the beside table and then walked out of the room and left the door open a crack. Nate sighed happily and as he too drifted off to sleep, he hoped he could spend the night at Raikan's again sometime soon. As Raikan fell asleep himself in his own room, he thought the same thing.


*Riolu, Anthony and Lucario step onto the stage*
Riolu: Wow. Good story huh?
Anthony: The writter kind of spoiled things a bit there.
Lucario: Yeah. He was going to fit that in to the other Nathaniel stories as the way that world was created.
Riolu: Anyway, that was really cool of Zee-Zee not to judge Raikan or any other Mewtwo based on what the first one in that one world did.
Anthony: Maybe we should stop talking about the story and let the folks form their own opinions instead of listening to ours.
Lucario: Good idea. We hope you all enjoyed the latest edition to Riolu's Shorts.
Riolu: We'd like to add a thank you to Zee-Zee once again for joining the story and to Raikan for agreeing to appear in our stories.
Anthony: We couldn't have made this story nearly as much fun without you.
Lucario: The next short is a ways off. The writter has a lot to do at the moment.
Riolu: Yeah. Two stories to finish and two stories to start!
Anthony: So until next time...
Everyone: Thanks once again for reading Riolu's Shorts!
*bows as the curtain closes*

I am totally in love with your writings dude. And yes part of it comes from being in it but its also that you give your characters a depth, even ones you dont know like me. It lends a certainty to your writing that i enjoy immensly.

I will admit the main reason I can give depth to co stars is because the writters did so well with them in their own stories. Thank you for the compliment Raikan! My own characters get their depth because they are either based loosely off some part of me or people I know or they are people I wish I knew or had in my life.

I love your short stories Riolu can wait to see more i hope a liger is going to be in it if its alright with you that is.

Very cute story buddy I can;t wait till you got time to write another one!

*the pokemon trio walk onto the stage*
Riolu: Hiya everybody!
Anthony: Just a little newsflash here.
Lucario: Even though we'll be taking a small vacation for a bit, we want you to know, we are working on an idea for another short.
Riolu: We're gonna try to get a lot more co stars in this time.
Anthony: We'll likely have one of our best buddies from the furr den on again.
Lucario: That's right, Zee-Zee returns again!
Riolu: We'll also be putting in a couple others from our request thread.
Anthony: If we can get some permission, we might get to put in a few Happy Hybrids but we don't know about that yet.
Lucario: The last of the characters will likely be our friends from our other stories in younger forms.
Riolu: So watch out for when we return cause we'll have another short shortly after we do!