The Next Day...
'...What the hell do I do now?'
In the spur of the moment...
I adopted not One, but Two Children.
'...Well, no going back now. I already went through the whole Legal Case, which, both fortunately and unfortunately, resolved a lot quicker than it should've.'
As it turns out...
Children being Disowned or Orphaned has been a problem all over the world for a long, long time.
In a World as dangerous as this, with creatures that could probably create Miniature Nukes with a single slap of their hand, it's not hard to imagine that there would be numerous accidents that occur daily.
...A lot of which result in the Loss of Families.
...Another aspect of it is a strange sense of "Abandonment" that's present all over the world.
While I was finalizing the Adoption, I was told a few Rumors about some Families who took part in said Abandonment. More commonly, the Rich Folk.
Some say they Sell Off the Children that they don't deem "Worthy" of being the Family Heir.
Some say that when Two Families find certain Aspects appealing from each other's Children, they would secretly Swap their Identities, not caring one single bit about their Bloodline, but rather their Prestige.
For the more Financially Struggling Families, some say that they sell their Children to make ends meet.
...And some say that it wasn't uncommon for Families to want to... "Get Rid Of" Unwanted "Waste".
...While they were Rumors, something about being told all of this by an Officer put a sour... or rather bitter taste in my mouth...
'...What the hell is up with this messed up world... ...I thought it was different, but this is just... too much...'
...Well, thanks to whatever messed up Legal System the Government has...
I acquired a Legally Adopted Pair of Family Members.
Their Last Names were also changed to "Okazaki" in the process.
'Rika and Sehena Okazaki... I can't really tell if they have a Good or Bad ring to it.'
They seemed exhausted after the whole thing was finished yesterday, and it was a little past morning now. They had been sleeping on my Bed here at the Hotel for... well, a little longer than most people usually would.
...Suddenly, there was a knock at the door.
'...Odd.'
Standing from the Bed, I head over and open the door...
"Yo~!"
...I slowly closed the door-
"Wait wait wait- Hear me out a bit!" He grabbed the door before it closed.
The one who knocked...
The Officer Bastard from yesterday was at my door.
"...What do you want?" I asked him with an annoyed groan.
"I came to talk. Nothing more, nothing less." He said, unfazed.
...I stared at him for a long moment...
"...Sit down." I sighed, stepping aside.
He stepped inside, and I saw his eyes immediately lock onto Sehena. ...Then he closed his eyes with a sigh, and sat in a nearby chair.
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A Pixel in the Dust
FanfictionPokemon. We've most likely Played, Watched, or at the very least Heard of the Franchise in one way or another. Same could be said for Souta, a Part Japanese Man who was raised in America, and suddenly found himself waking up in a Forest that he had...
