Chapter 2 - 2 - Taking care a Pokémon

As Rico's mother, Rosario, was cooking dinner for him and his father, Rico immediately lay Riolu on a sofa, and quickly get a textbook about healing Pokémon. As he flip page by page, he examine Riolu's condition whether it got paralyzed, burned, frozen, or poisoned. When he found out that none of them affected Riolu, he got puzzled and flip the pages more. When he got to pages 52-53, he found out that Riolu is badly damaged and drained of energy. He read that a Revival Herb can do the trick, and he already knew that Revival Herbs and Revives are available in Pokèmarts.

Rico then quickly ran outside, and speeds to a nearby Pokèmart just three blocks away. He had risked his energy and state of mind for this. As he enter the building's main entrance, the cashier greet him. As he catch his breath from running, the cashier asked him, "Hello, welcome to our Pokèmart. How can we help you, sir?" Then he asked, "Do you have any Revival Herbs or Revives left?" Then the cashier responded, "Oh, unfortunately, all of our stocks of Revival Herbs and Revives are all sold out five hours ago. Sorry, sir." Stunned, he replied, "What? Is there any deliveries tonight or tomorrow? I need around four sets of it for my Riolu." Then the cashier replied, " Sorry, but a storm struck Unova eight hours ago. So all flights and ship voyages to here are cancelled. All of them will be postponed to Friday morning (It was Tuesday when he rescued Riolu)." Calms down, he replied, "Oh, Okay, I... understand that. I guess I need around six potions, three paralysis heals, five antidotes, and three burn heals." Then the cashier gave his request, calculate the cost, and said, "That will be 5,000 Pokedollars, sir." Then he get some Pokedollar banknotes from his pocket, and paid what was due. As he step out with a paper bag of his purchases, Rico was disappointed about the Revival Herbs and Revives being sold out.

As he arrived home, Rico's father, Lucas, wearing his brown framed, graded eyeglasses, and in a typical business suit, examined Riolu, and asked him, "Hey, son, where did you get this Riolu, and where did you came from?" Then he responded, "Dad, I rescued this Riolu from certain Pokemon thieves; and I ran to a Pokemart to buy some Revival Herbs, but they are all sold out." Then Lucas replied, "Oh, okay, son." Then Rico sat down on a sofa, and start feeling Riolu's skin.

The first floor of their humble home was quite nice and decent. In the living room, there's a beige comfy sofa and one armchair, a small table for the flat screen TV, a mahogany coffee table, a bookshelf containing books, fragile glass figures, and picture frames, including the ones of Lucas's time as a student at a Pokémon University in his youth. The two important features of the room is the wooden stairs that lead to the second floor, and an antique acacia and dark mahogany grandpa clock that once belonged to Rico's maternal grandfather, who had passed away when Rosario and her brother was young. For the finishing touches, pots with plants and colored rugs decorated the room. In the dining room, which is in between the kitchen and the living room, there's a big dining table and chairs, a 3-lamp chandelier with nice engravings, and a smaller table for some condiments like sugar and coffee. Finally, in the kitchen, it was mostly dominated with semi-modern tiles and with kitchen counters, cupboards, a stove and oven, a sink, a few smaller storage compartments for items like bread, and a refrigerator, complete with a few, minor decorations. All of this makes the first floor a welcoming place to go.

After a brief silence, Lucas, thinking, suggested, "Hey, I heard that there are Revival Herbs in a field called Soratas Meadows, just a mile east from here." Then Rico, stunned, replied, "What? Really?" Then Lucas, smiled, replied, "You can get some if need. They grow every two months, and the fields were huge and wild. You can get some tommorow morning." Then Rico, smiling, replied, "Wow, that's amazing. Thanks, Dad." Then Lucas replied, "Your welcome, son. And it's dinner time, come on, let's eat."

After dinner and brushing his teeth, Rico get a book about Pokémon, went upstairs to his bedroom, and start reading and memorizing some easy Pokémon moves. He can also do and display his own battle style. He is determined to be a Pokémon trainer, even without a starter Pokémon. When the time reaches 9:46 p.m., he closed his book, turned off his lamp, and went to sleep.