Intertwining paths; Adventure in the Open Realms book 1

Old Friends

Leafy's POV

"Leafy!!" A familiar voice called rushing over to me. Quickly looking it's way i'm surprised to see it's Tsuki! "I didn't know you lived here, we've settled down nearby!" he smiles brightly, I feel my face get warm.

"O-oh," I stutter, "Really?? That's great!~" I chime.

Syl and I don't have a lot of friends in the village, it would be great to know some others who live here!

Rouge then walks over to us, face blushing a bright shade of pink. "Is Syl here?" he asks bashfully. I smile and nod.

"She's in the lab." I say as I point to our lab that we live in.

I watch as he runs over to the door to start knocking on it. I look back over at Tsuki to see him start digging in his satchel to pull out a paper bag, I give him a confused eye.

"Oh! I found this!" He smiles as he opens up the bag revealing a Sea Poison Tree! My eyes brighten "We were on the mountain side when we came across a small stream and I spotted it! This is the one you wanted right?" he asks before I give him a huge hug.

"Thank you thank you thank you!~" I chant, his face turns bright red as he smiles.

"You're welcome!"

NO POV

Rouge runs over to the door and starts knocking on it excited to see Syl again. As Syl opens the door her face was in a book. She was caught up in her reading as she sighed.

"Leafy, I told you already, you have a key to the house." she groans as she turns to walk back into the house.

"Hi Syl!~" Rouge jingles as he blushes. Confused she looks back over at him. Her eyes widen in realization as she hugs the Absol.

"Rougy!~" she gasps, "What are you doing here!?~" she steps back and glares, "How did you find my address? Are you a stalker?!" his face turns a brighter crimson. He starts waving his hands in front of his face.

"N-no!" he stutters, "We saw Leafy outside! We moved into the area!" he yelled in embarrassment. All Syl can do is giggle. She puts her arm around him.

"Well if that's so, welcome to the neighborhood!"

Night's POV

Ever since we've moved into our house, Nova and I became closer than ever before. Empty and silent, it was like our own kingdom isolated from the rest of the world. Sadly the cost of houses aren't exactly the cheapest, and although we get a few months till we have to pay, it is needed to find a job. Nova, being the mon she is refused to get a job, something about her not dealing well with stress. I've known her for a long time and she has never felt stressful about anything. Nevertheless, being the man of the household, it is my duty to find a job and pay for the taxes.

This whole day I have been searching for a job, no luck, it seems this town is fresh out of jobs. I sigh as I turn to walk home, so much for bustling with opportunities... Just then as I'm about to give up I see a sign on the side of the building, my eyes brighten as I read 'Now Hiring'. Not even reading the rest I run into the building not only realizing it was a police station, but a police station with hardly and officers!

Confused, I walked up to the front desk and rung the small bell. Quickly I hear thumping coming from the other room as a machamp stumbles in. He looks at me, examining my body then makes eye contact with me.

"Yes? How may I help you?" he simply asks.

"I see you need to hire someone, i'd be happy to join the police force! -or anything in that matter-" I see his eyes sparkle, quickly he pulls out a file from the filing cabinet and hands me a paper.

"Wonderful! All I need you to do is fill out this test, depending on what you get you might be qualified!" He smiles as he hands me a pen. I laugh, this will be easy.

A bit later I hand the test to the man in charge, he examines the paper and his face goes blank and clueless. "What do you do when a person steals a old ladies purse?... Help them... -I mean yes you do that but..-" he looks up at me and gives an unsure smile. "You're in!"

Nova's POV

It's been hours, where is Nighty? I thought he was supposed to be back as soon as he found a good a job! It's been 3 hours! What if he found another woman?! What if he's flirting with another woman!! What if he got kidnapped to be sold to other woman!! As I freak out I hear the door open, my eyes brighten right up as I run to the door to give Nighty a huge hug.

"Where were you?!" I whined as I nuzzled into his chest, he laughed.

"I was looking for a job like I told you, silly." he smiles as he rubs my back, "Speaking of which,~ I did find one!" he jingles as he looks into my eyes.

I smile brightly. "Really?!~" this is great!~ I think to myself. He nods and pushes me back to only place on an officer cap.

"Officer Night at your service~" he says calmly as he bows and kisses my paw, my face turns bright red. He looks back up at me and grins, he pulls out a nightstick and swings it around on his claw. "Now my dear, which nightstick would you like tonight." he flirts as he shoots me a perverted grin, my face turns extremely red, I could feel anger develop in my body.

My eyes just widen in horror. "Night! An officer?!" I growl and yank away his officer cap throwing it to the ground.

His face turns confused, "But Nova sweetie, they need officers, I can contribute to the town and keep us safe, it pays nice too!" he reasons.

"Field jobs are hard and difficult, you can get really hurt!" I yell, I should know.

"But Nova honey, you haven't worked a day in your life, besides, not all of them are dangerous. This one my be at times, but I'm sure I'll be fine, I passed the test with flying colors!" He says

Proudly, he shakes his head.

"N-no!" I simply yell. He sighs and walks over to me putting his arms around my waist.

"We need a safe area if we are gonna start a family, I want to protect our future..." He smiles kissing my nose, I feel tears swell in my eyes.

"B-but it's dangerous! You could get pinned up against a tree! And end up almost killing your friend!!" I cry hoping he changes his mind.

"Honey," he laughs, "you've been watching way too many cop shows.." I just look down.

"But.. it can be risky."

"It may be risky, I appreciate your concern, but this job feels right for me, I know I can do it, I can protect you better.." I just sigh and nuzzle him.

"Fine, but if you almost get killed i'll have to end up protecting you, and I suck at that.." He kisses me and laughs.

"I won't get killed, and hey, you are a great caretaker, remember that one time I got really sick when we were kids? You wouldn't leave my side and always helped Moonlight take care of me." I ended up laughing and I hug him more.

"I remember that! you were such a baby!" we both laugh and share another kiss.

Just then out of nowhere our front door gets bursted open, smoke fills the room from the broken rubble, Night and I start coughing. I look around confused and as the smoke clears I see two faces I never wanted to see again.

"Hello there, we've come to pick up someone who is... overdue on some things..."

"Now hand over Nova Alberona.."