The animated pitcher plant that had tried to eat her was on the ground. Over here. Over there. Some more of it over there. It had been actually quite a fight, and even after she'd done substantial damage to it - it had continued to try and eat her.
Unfortunately for the monster plant, she was quite capable of figuring out how to take apart a plant and make a nice floral decoration. Mind you she didn't normally scatter the pieces out over a large area, but she took attempts to eat her in a personal manner.
"So she's saying that she's MY pokemon?" asked a familiar voice.
There was some muttering noise that sounded vaguely like an animal.
"That's apparently it. Vulpix says she's my pokemon, and Eevee has adopted you is what she's saying," said another familiar voice.
Ino shook her head. Apparently that spray of spores into her face had done something. She felt kind of numb, and the names to go with those voices seemed oddly out of reach.
"Ino!" said the vaguely-familiar boy. "Wow. Looks like you didn't need any help after all."
"My name is 'Ino'?" she asked.
"Wha?!" asked the boy.
"Who are you?" asked the blonde girl.
"I'm Naruto Uzumaki," said the blonde boy.
A foxlike creature made a few yiffs and yowls and other noises.
"So she got hit with a 'Stun Spore'? Is that why she can't remember me?" asked Naruto, glad that the blonde girl wasn't going to attack him for bringing her here. On the other hand, this was pretty bad by itself.
Ino looked over the boy, the girl with him, and the crowd of animals. Actually the boy was kind of cute. She hoped he wasn't her brother or something. Was this girl his girlfriend, or was SHE his girlfriend? There had been something about some boy she found attractive, something just out of reach.
"Vulpix says that there's a small chance of this kind of reaction, apparently some people are more affected than others," said Naruto to the dark-haired girl.
"Ah, like some people are more resistant or more susceptible to certain drugs and poisons," said the dark haired girl with the odd eyes.
"Well, we just need to rescue Sakura then, let's go!" said Naruto, looking over at her again.
Ino reminded herself that according to this boy, her name was 'Ino' which wasn't a particularly lovely or graceful name. Well, maybe it was an affectionate pet name?
There was a very simple and practical reason to adopt the dark-haired girl.
Okay, several reasons.
Eevee was thin, foraging had been really poor of late. Heck, the farmhouse she'd done most of her foraging around had fallen into disrepair and a large predator had been hanging around.
There were a fair number of creatures who regarded an unevolved Eevee under the category of 'Meals On The Go' - and a few attacks had come really close of late.
The human smelled of many things, but cruelty was not one of those. She seemed quiet and uncertain if anything.
"Eevee," said Eevee, trying to reassure the human. Riding on her shoulder, tail protectively across her shoulder, Eevee felt that this was a good deal. Maybe hanging around the human would provide a chance for her to evolve. THAT would be a good thing.
Read the comments on this episode
(Posted Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:30)
Questions? Problems? Suggestions?
Send a mail to addventure@bast-enterprises.de
or use the contact form.
らんま1/2 © Rumiko Takahashi
All other series and their characters are © by their respective creators or owners. No claims of ownership of these characters are implied by the authors of this Addventure, or should be inferred.
The Anime Addventure is a non-profit site.