original post by The_Lost_One:

Neoma was very happy to have made so many friends since she’d followed her mother and big sister to Viridian and enrolled in the Pokemon Combat Academy. There was her team, the few odd mon she’d met in the halls, Rose, the various boys (and a few girls) who kept looking at her oddly and trying to chat (though she wasn’t sure if they counted as friends or not), and of course her littlest friend Petie. Looking down next to her the Greninja smiled as she watched the teddiursa toddle along. She always thought of her friends like family and therefore Petie was her little brother as much as he was Rose’s… though how little she hadn’t quite decided. She did know he still needed diapers like one of the youngest babies but he act like some of the cuter toddlers her mother used to watch back at the village at times.

In fact, that was actually why Neoma had asked Petie to… “Hang Out” if she remembered the term right, though there wasn’t going to be any hanging involved that she knew of, at her home. She wanted him to meet her mother. “Are we there yet?” the little ones voice piped up to ask as Neoma smiled, keeping a firm grip on Petie’s hand to keep him from wandering off “Almost Petie, we are almost there.” She said reassuringly as she rounded the corner of the block and led Petie up the walkway to the small house she shared with her sister and mother. She knew her mother had seen Petie in the PCA but she wanted to introduce them formally… then maybe she could invite Rose over to her home since the kangaskhan had already invited Neoma to her and Petie’s house. Though she still didn’t quite understand why wearing so much clothing was required in Viridian…

Due to being shiny Hikaru hadn’t been able to take part in many of the stealth and espionage missions her home village contracted out (even if your skin is dark glittering in the light at the smallest excuse ruins attempts to be stealthy). Because of this she’d stayed in the village and had handled watching the babies and children while their parents were away on missions, as well as teaching the children the starting basics of being ninja’s when they were old enough. It had let her raise her own daughters without being away as well and given her something to do when her husband had passed on… to be honest she’d missed it ever since coming to Viridian on assignment. Admittedly the teens she’d been teaching at the PCA had provided the noise and energy of most of the older ones she’d watched and taught back home (Though she wasn’t sure why they seemed to find her teaching methods odd, she was following what the internet site she’d gone to with the pastel learning guides and blocks with the Kanto alphabet on them had said) but she hadn’t held a proper baby in her arms since she’d left home.

That was why she was very grateful for her daughter having befriended the little teddiursa she’d seen around school. She’d noticed he was still diapered immediately but after asking the other teachers she’d been told he was officially a student… it was very peculiar, but she figured it was one of those Viridian things she didn’t understand enough to question. Either way she’d been certain to slip a pacifier in the teddy’s mouth, if he looked glum, and check to see if he needed a change whenever she passed by him… though she was fast enough he’d apparently never seen her do it. Back home she usually taught the basics of the art of speed and agility to little ones after they’d mastered walking upright… but considering she’d been hired by the PCA to teach their Speed classes they must do things differently in Viridian.

Either way she was more than happy to welcome the little one to their home. He’d introduced himself as Petie, which sound rather precious even if Hikaru didn’t know much about Kanto naming conventions, and the greninja had got to work making the teddy feel at home. Since it was a warm afternoon she'd mad’ sure to do away with his pants and shirt, it would keep him cool and make diaper checks all the easier. Petie was apparently a sensitive little one since this seemed to upset him… but he wasn’t the first fussy baby in her care and like always a pacifier had him nice and quiet just as quickly as Hikaru could pop it in his little mouth. She let out a blissful sigh as a soft smile crossed her lips, looking down at Petie as she gently cradled him in her arms being sure to support his little head. It’d been too long since she’d he’d a baby in her arms… far too long. She gently rocked the small cub as her youngest daughter giggled and gently tickled Petie’s tummy. The few giggles Neoma coaxed from the teddirusa just helped make Hikaru feel even happier as only two concerns were in the older ninja’s head.

One was how to properly introduce Petie to Neoma’s older sister Sakura when she returned home… and two was when Neoma could invite the teddiursa back to visit again~

Commission for The_Lost_One 8D

My Buninja, Neoma, and her mother, Hikaru, enjoying some family bonding thanks to Petie ^^

Petie © The_Lost_One
Neoma, Hikaru, and artwork © me :3