POKEMAN ADVENTURES

[brunetti]

It had been a tiresome and almost unsettling walk to the lively and colorful Fuschia City, although he couldn't deny that he admired the landscape of it all. Not to mention the knowledge of the Safari Zone, that of which he couldn't help but find interesting. However, with a sigh, he lazily tossed his tote bag upon the grass alongside the trail before sitting down next to it, his Ghastly following suite. He looked to the mischevious Ghost, a smile upon his own face, before he responded to the creature, his mind dismissing the idea of participating the acclaimed Zone.

" You're a-all I need as a pokemon.... " He needlessly assured the pokemon, as well as himself, before the Ghastly replied with an utterance of it's own name.     

[iMasada]

"Marcel are we almost there?" Ziggy asked, holding onto the smaller boy as they bounded over the terrain.

"Huh? Yea. We're almost to the entrance of the city." Marcel held onto the fur of the giant dogs back to keep from falling off. The large fire Pokemon bounded past a figure nearly stepping on it. Marcel pulled the Arcanine's fur firmly to stop it. "Belle stop!" The large Pokemon came to a complete halt, yielding to it's masters demand.

Ziggy and Marcel looked back to the figure on the ground. Marcel moved and carefully slid off of Belle's back, leaving Ziggy on the large Pokemon. He walked over to the man sitting on the ground. "Oh gosh, I'm so sorry! Are you okay?"

Belle looked back at Ziggy and narrowed her eyes at him. Ziggy looked over in time to catch the Arcanine's dirty look. "Oh what!? Don't look at me like that! You're the one who nearly ran that poor guy over!" Ziggy shouted and crossed his arms.

"Ziggy would you stop yelling at my baby for like five minutes?" Marcel asked looking back at Ziggy for a moment then back to the other man.

"B-baby?! Oh please, this thing is a complete beast. There's noth..." Ziggy trailed off when he caught sight of the man on the ground. "Oh... oh dear." Ziggy hopped off the back of the large Pokemon and walked over beside Marcel. "Are you alright cutie?" He asked, batting his eyelashes at the man on the ground.

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He let out a loud yell at the abrupt contact of the larger beast, his first reaction having been to stay in his spot rather than move out of the way.

Now, as his glasses had completely flown off of his face, all he could hear was a jumble of mixed sounds and erratic yells going on between the three blurry figures above him. His first desire would've been too see if his own pokemon was alright, but at hearing one of the people talking to him, he couldn't seem to remember. 

" W-Wha...? " He groaned, still in a state of shock.

[iMasada]

Marcel and Ziggy knelt down next to the other man simultaneously.

"Hello? Are you okay?" Marcel asked with a worried expression.

"Yea, you nearly died, it's a good thing that behemoth missed you." Ziggy said cutting his eyes over to the arcanine. Belle only growled and looked away.

"Ziggy stop saying things like that, you're gonna hurt her feelings." Marcel scolded. "But seriously, are you okay?"

Ziggy reached over and picked up the others glasses and put his hand on the man's shoulder to keep him steady.

[brunetti]

Hiroshi shook his head slightly before retrieving the small pair of glasse from Ziggy with a small nod of approval.

" O-Oh thank you. " He turned to Marcel with a small smile on his face. " Thank y-y-you, I'm fine. Sorry for getting in your way... " At that, he quietly pushed himself off of the ground, wiping away any sort of debris that may had gotten upon him. However, at trying to recupperate, he remembered his Ghastly and quickly turned his head about as he tried to locate the ghost.

" Ghastly..?!" He yelled out pathetically, voice straining in panic.

[iMasada]

"Ghastly?" Marcel asked looking up at the man, standing up he looked around. Marcel looked down and helped Ziggy up. "You're pokemon is lost?"

Ziggy rolled his eyes. "Well obviously Sugar Muffin, he's calling for it." Ziggy looked around for a moment and took a Pokeball from his shoulder bad and released the pokemon inside it. "Okay Onna." A rather large purple pokemon was released, a Haunter. "I need you to find this guys Gastly. You can do it." The Haunter smiled and replied happily, rubbing it's face against Ziggy's before heading off. Ziggy watched as the pokemon left and looked at the worried trainer. "Okay, my name's Ziggy Totemo and this is Marcel Perry. Who might you be?"

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Hiroshi felt himself jump at the sight of another ghost pokemon, but he was quickly placed in a state of relief at realizing that he was recieving assistance.

" Thank you! Um... My name is Hiroshi Otsuka. Ah, you can just call Hiro if you'd like... Um, or, you know, whatever works for you.... but uh, I'm a pokemon breeder. " he extended his hand in a shaking gesture. " It's nice to meet you two. I'm sorry for all of the inconvenience about my Ghastly. I'm not a very good pokemon trainer. " He whimpered.

Almost abruptly, and rather comically, the acclaimed Ghastly made itself visible and floated behind his distraught trainer, a broad smile on his face.

[iMasada]

"Obviously... You must not have too awful strong of a bond if it just ran away like that." Ziggy said placing one hand on his him and holding his bag with the other. He looked at the Ghastly and then to his Haunter. "Or maybe you do have a strong bond, your Ghastly's just a coward I suppose." Onna floated over to Ziggy and nodded. "Yes, isn't that right my sweet baby!?" Ziggy said in a cooing voice. "You'd never leave me like that wold you? No you wouldn't~ Awwww, my sweet baby~" Ziggy continued to baby talk the pokemon and Marcel rolled his eyes.

"Don't listen to him, your Ghastly just got scared, it's understandable." Marcel said shaking his head a little. "Ziggy's been with is pokemon for eight years so it's only natural for him to have a stronger bond. I left my home six years ago. You don't seem like you've had yours for too long. Did you just start your Journey?" Marcel asked reaching up to pet the arcanine's muzzle. The large fire dog smiled happily and wagged it's long fluffy tail.

((oh god, Marcel's only 4' 11" that must look ridiculously small against a 6' 3" tall pokemon))

[brunetti]

Hiroshi, once again, jumped in surprise at seeing his Ghastly behind, that of which scowled at Ziggy's own words before sticking out his tongue. At hearing Marcel's question he slightly shook his head.

" No, I've had him for five years and... Um.. I began my journey three years... Ago. " He looked to the sky in contemplation before looking back to Marcel, nodding his head. " Yeah, it w-was three years ago. " He patted the Ghastly on the head before going on. " I-I'm not really on a journey either... It's kind of like... Well, I'm just wanting to see the methods of Pokemon breeding and the like. " He felt his face redden in embarrassment.

" But um... What about you and Ziggy? What are you guys doing on this.... This um... Pokemon Adventure? "

[iMasada]

"Well I'm earning Ribbons~" Ziggy said, grinning widely. "My lovely Pokemon always bring home the prize for me~" He said, hugging Onna.

"And as for me, i'm collecting badges, I already have the soul badge but I want to go to the Safari Zone." Marcel smiled.

"Well this is all fine, dandy and wonderful but my Lilly~Bell is still unconscious, so I'd like to get to the Pokemon Center." Ziggy said, holding up a pokeball with the name "Lilly~Bell" engraved along the top. "So come on Marcy."

"Hey, Hiroshi, you might wanna get your Ghastly checked out, it may have been hurt." Marcel said looking up at the other man as Ziggy climbed up onto Belle's back.

"I'm sure it's fine, it's a ghost pokemon Marcel, now if it got hit by a grass type attack or psychic I'd be saying different." Ziggy said looking down at Marcel. "But still, you might wanna get it checked out anyway, it's free, why not treat it to some TLC."

Marcel walked over and climbed up on Belle as well and looked back to Hiroshi. "Can you use a Pokemon to fly there or do you want to hitch a ride? We don't mind."

[brunetti]

Ghastly looked skeptically at the two men, but Hiroshi nodded at the concept, merely happy at the company if only temporarily.

" O-Okay. But um... No, that's fine, I can walk. " He replied to the shorter young man. He then looked to Ziggy, eyebrow raised. " Are you going to be going into the Safari Zone too? "

[iMasada]

"Alright." Marcel said turning back to play with Belle's fur.

Ziggy looked back at Hiroshi. "Oh well, that depends. Are you going to come?" Ziggy asked, winking at the other man. In front of Ziggy Marcel rolled his eyes and glared a little.

'Doesn't he love me at all?' Marcel thought to himself. 'gahh of course he does, he's just a flirt is all. Why am I not over it yet?'

Ziggy smiled and reached out to wrap his arms around Marcel's waist. "Well? Are you going or not Hiroshi?"

[brunetti]

Hiroshi lazily shook his head as he walked alongside them. Ghastly followed.

" No. I mean, I don't think I want to. I don't really need to get any specific pokemon or anything, I'm happy with what I have. I guess I just wanted to go site seeing, I've never been to Fuschia city before. " He claimed.

[iMasada]

"Well I'm going to get a Tauros, i really want one." Marcel said then paused.

"Site seeing?" Ziggy asked. "I guess I can understand that, this place is beautiful. But not as beautiful as me~" he said, tagging on the last bit for his own ego. "Well as far as I'm concerned I could live my entire life without going into that place. I'd get my shoes filthy." He shuddered a little. "They're abused enough as it is."

Marcel looked up ahead and he could see the tops of the buildings in Fuschia City as they crested the hill top. "Well there it is."

"Finally, I was getting tired. How long did it take us to get here? Like a two weeks?" Ziggy asked, looking up at the city as they approached it.

Marcel gave Ziggy an unamused expression. "Try two days... Traveling on Belle is much faster than walking." Marcel said dully. "She needs a rest though. Isn't that right girl? I'll get you to the Pokemon Center and get you all taken care of." Belle let out a gruff barking noise and wagged her tail. The wind caused by her wagging tail blew through Ziggy's hair leaving it a mess.

"Oh thanks you giant furball!" Ziggy glared at the arcanine before pulling out his compact mirror and gasped. "You have effectively raped my hair!"

Marcel sighed and rolled his eyes.

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Hiroshi felt himself sigh some at the rather effeminate looking man upon arcanine before turning Marcel, eyebrow raised in surprise.

" Two days? B-But It took me about a week and a half to get here! " He claimed almost unhappily. " Oooh, maybe I took a wrong turn! " He felt himself grasp his tote bag in exasperation, wringing the cloth between his fingers. The Ghastly rolled it's eyes some at seeing his master's displeasure before something caught it's eye in the distance.

Something, or rather some one, was running towards them from the direction they had just come from, the top of the figure looking as though it were on fire. However, at looking at the distant person for a longer period of time, it was not so. A rather miniature looking dog ran along his side, barking out its name as they continued running towards the group. Ghastly wearily said it's own name at hearing seeing the crazed, sprinting young man speak.

" Yo, Sushi, hold up man! " Altair screamed, voice wavering as he tried to catch up with them. He pushed up his headband as he got closer to them, scowling some as he continued on.

Hiroshi almost felt his legs give out at the familiar voice.