Back To The MC

** Jake's POV **

The first couple of days going to Professor Oaks lab with mom was really fun except for that weird feeling I got everytime we walked into the main building of the lab. There was one day that I didn't get the weird feeling and when I asked Aunt Beth if anything was different that day it turned out Professor Oak wasn't there because of a big meeting out of town, the next day the Professor was back and so was the weird feeling. I mentioned it to my mom but she just brushed it off as nothing, she may think it's nothing but I won't let my guard down so easily.

Anyway spending so much time around Pokemon that I could actually touch instead of just seeing them on a video game screen was incredible. The first day the three of us mostly just walked around so my mom could show us the area so we wouldn't get lost, the second day we were in a small wooded area where mom and dad's grass and bug Pokemon lived, the third day was a large field were the majority of their Pokemon lived.

On the fourth day mom had me wear my swimming trunks so I guessed we were going to see the water type Pokemon today. I never really thought about it but there are a lot of water type Pokemon, there's the Squirtle line, Psyduck line, Poliwag line, Tentacool line, Slowpoke line, Seel line, Shellder line, Krabby line, Horsea line, Goldeen line, Staryu line, Magikarp line, Omanyte line, Kabuto line, Lapras, Jynx, and Vaporeon. That makes 33 water and ice type Pokemon and I got to swim and play with all of them, best day ever!

Mom and dad really did have a lot of Pokemon, when playing the games it seems easy to catch most of the Pokemon to fill your Pokedex so it doesn't really feel like alot. When you really think about it there are 146 non-legendary Pokemon so together my parents have 292 Pokemon.

After the fourth day going with mom to the lab was starting to get a little boring, the tag along also know as Daisy didn't really help. I'm not a dense protagonist like all the ones in stories I had read, I could tell she had a crush on me but still, she never seemed to take her eyes off me for more than a minute. She would nod and respond when my mom told her something or asked if she understood but she always kept me in her line of sight. I want to think this is just a puppy love kind of crush but it feels more intense, I really, really hope she doesn't turn into a yandere. My mom didn't really help me out in this situation either when I mentioned it to her, she simply told me to just accept that I was Daisy's hero after what had happened the other day.

Not only that but my range of exploration had been drastically reduced as well, I wasn't allowed outside the house without mom going with me. Before the Arbok incident I was allowed free range as long as I stayed within eyesight of the house, now it was like I was on house arrest. I could understand where my mom was coming from but I was getting a little stir crazy. I was able to do most of my daily missions like scanning new Pokemon for my System Pokedex and collecting berries when I was at work with mom but when I had to miss out on an exploration mission because of the situation I decided to tell mom about my System.

When I told her she was overjoyed that I had awakened as a System holder. Apparently it was believed that whoever awakened a System had the best potential in that generation. Personally that didn't make much sense to me, from what dad had told me before, when the System was first given to our family every person had a System not just the "one with the most potential" so most likely the bloodline was just getting weaker and not everyone had the strength to handle the burden on their mind or soul that a System would inflict.

When I told her about not being able to do a daily mission because of not being able to leave the house she completely understood. Dad had told her about missions and the rewards they gave so I didn't have to explain in detail, she told me to do what I needed to but to tell her before I went anywhere and that I had to take both Arcanines and Growlithe with me. Honestly after how easily she agreed to loosen the restraints on my activities after learning about my System I wish I had told her sooner.

The rest of the week fell into a repetitive pattern, I went to work with mom, spent time trying to avoid Daisy which didn't work thanks to my mom telling me to play nice, completed my daily missions on the way home with mom and before it got dark, and spent the rest of the evening before bed cuddling with mom.

The third night after dad had left mom and I had a serious conversation about how she was going to treat me and how I needed to behave after I got a little too irritated at Daisy sticking to me like glue that day and I had snapped at her.

"Jake I know your situation is complicated but you need to figure something out. You have memories of living into your thirties in another world, but in this world you are only six. Your father and I have agreed that we are going to treat you like a very smart six year old. All that is left is for you to figure out what that means for you."

"What do you mean by 'what that means for me'?"

"You need to decide for yourself if you are six, or thirty, or somewhere in between. Daisy has a massive crush on you as you already know, and it's not going away anytime soon. I see three options right now, you could accept her feelings and grow closer together as you get older, reject her and break her heart, or ignore her feelings for now which could end up hurting her feelings."

"Your really only giving me one good option there mom."

"That's because I only see one good option available but it is your decision to make. However, until you make up your mind I expect you to treat her nicer than you did today and you will apologize to her tomorrow for your attitude today."

"Ok. I can do that."

I spent the rest of that night before bed thinking about who I am. Am I Jake Grady a thirty year old orphan from earth, or am I Jake Grady a six year old little boy with a loving family in the Pokemon world. No, they are no longer mutually exclusive, after I awakened memories of my past life I am a combination of the two. I have a chance to decide who I want to be, to make different choices than the ones I made in a former life. I am Jake Grady. Now I just have to figure who Jake Grady is going to be.

** Daisy's POV **

Jake yelled at me. I was so surprised I didn't say or do anything as he walked away from me. I didn't realize I was crying until Aunt Emily wiped the tears from my eyes and hugged me. Why did he get mad at me? Did I do something wrong? I must have said those words out loud without realizing it because Aunt Emily answered me.

"You didn't do anything wrong sweetie, just give Jake a little space today. He will be nicer tomorrow, I promise."

I nodded not wanting to say anything, I felt a pain in my chest but I couldn't understand where it was coming from. Did I really not do anything wrong?

I don't remember anything Aunt Emily said the rest of the day, I kept trying to figure out if I had done something to make Jake mad at me. It wasn't until later when mommy and I went to get Gary on our way home that I figured it out. Gary and Ash were playing in Aunt Delia's front yard while Aunt Delia worked in her garden. When Ash saw me he stopped playing and ran over and I was immediately annoyed the only thing I could think was 'here comes stupid Ash'. That's when I realized I was behaving exactly the same as Ash when I saw Jake.

When mommy would drop Gary and I off before work Ash wouldn't leave me alone the whole day until mommy picked us up. I was doing the same thing to Jake. Did Jake think I was annoying? Did Jake want me to leave him alone?

"Daisy sweetie what's wrong? Why are you crying all of a sudden?"

Mommy scooped me up in her arms and I wrapped my arms around her and buried my face in her neck as I cried. Did Jake hate me?

** Jake's POV **

The next morning when we got to the lab Aunt Beth greeted us as we came in but I didn't see Daisy.

"Beth is Daisy at Delia's today?"

"No she's here. Daisy do you want to go with Aunt Emily today?"

She said this while leaning over to look under the desk. She straightened up and I saw Daisy stick just the top of her head and eyes above the desk. Her eyes were a little red like she had been crying and I knew I had really hurt her feelings yesterday. I looked at my mom and she gave me a quick glare before she smiled and turned to look at Daisy.

"Daisy can you come out here, Jake has something to say to you."

Daisy turned slightly to look at me and I could see she was on the verge of crying again, but she didn't come out.

"Daisy I'm sorry I snapped at you yesterday. I didn't mean to yell, my words came out louder than I wanted. Can you forgive me?"

As I finished my apology tears began to roll down Daisy's cheeks. I walked around the desk and knelt down in front her and gave her a hug. Faster than I could believe her arms shot around me and held me tight as she cried into my shirt.

** Beth's POV **

I couldn't believe it, my daughter was crying all night because of a boy. I knew she had a crush on Jake but I didn't realize just how much of a crush it was. I looked up from the two of them hugging and glanced at Emily only to see her mouth 'sorry' at me. I knew she must have had a conversation with Jake last night otherwise I doubt he would have apologized so sincerely to my daughter.

Green and Emily were good people and I'm sure they were raising their son right but that didn't mean he could have my daughter. They were only 4 and 6 after all, and he had made my daughter cry I wasn't about to let him off the hook for that yet.

** Jake's POV **

After about ten minutes Daisy stopped crying and I was able to get her to let go. I stood up and offered her my hand to help her up. She took my hand and I helped her to her feet but then she wouldn't let go. I looked at my mom and then at Aunt Beth for help but they were both giving me "the look". I had to just accept my fate for the day, I nodded to them both and followed my mom outside hand in hand with Daisy.