Ryoga was cursing his luck, or lack thereof. Today was the day that all the young Tamers in Phallus got their starting Poke girls from the Professor (the old guy from the 'Phoenix Chick' episode). Despite getting up almost three hours early for the event, he was well over an hour late geting there.
Why?
Because the hero of our story suffered from a sevre type of directional dyslexia. One that made even the simplest directions hard to follow, which is why he was thankful he had help getting back.
Leading the way was a young brunette with short frizzy hair and dark eyes. At first glance, she semed like your average girl. But your average girl didn't have fuzzy round ears or a tanooki's tail. She was, in fact, a Pokegirl (big surprise, right?) She moved fast as her legs could carry her as she practically dragged him along.
They passed several Tamers along they way. But, as they drew nearer to the town gate, the number of Tamers grew smaller. And that meant only one thing : Ryoga running out of time. The girl tightened her grip on his hand and sped up, forcing him to hold on to his cap to keep it in place.
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The Professor had just seen the last of them off. A smile spread across his face as he watched the last young man scamper away, calling to his friends to wait up. That'd been him once. 'Ah, to be a young Tamer again.' he mused wistfully. But there was work to be done and, so, it would have to wait.
The door slowly swung shut behind him as he turned to go back to his research. But a sudden cry of, "Hey! Hold on! Don't forget about me!" caught his attention. The aging Professor arched an eyebrow. 'Now who could the be?' he wondered. 'I thought that they'd all already left.' But, when turned back and saw who was running up the steps, he shook his head and sighed wearily. Of course.
The Hibiki boy again. Late as usual. It was a wonder that he ever got anything done. He would probably be late for his own funeral if someone didn't drive him. Part of him seriously reconsidered giving him his license. I mean, how was he going to look after a Harem when he could barely look after himself?
'But, he tries.' he reminded himself. 'And he seems eager enough so... Oh, why not? Probably just wander of anyways.'
Ryoga paused at the top to catch his breath, resting his hands on his knees. "Didn't... think... I was gonna... make it." he said between gulps of air. The Professor thought it over again. Maybe he could convince him to become a breeder. At least, that way, he could keep an eye on him.
It was then that he noticed the Pokegirl that was with him. "Well now, what do we have here?" he wondered aloud as he rubbed his chin. Ryoga introduced her.
"This is Hiroko." At the mention of her name, the girl curtsied. The Professor smiled warmly until something clicked in his head. How had Ryoga found a Pokegirl before finding the lab? That same something warned him he probably shouldn't ask. But curiousity won out as he just had to hear how that had happened.
Ryoga laughed nervously and scratched the back of his head. "Oh. Well, I uh... sort of ran into her outside of Virginian City." which he meant quite literally. Ryoga had all but trampled the poor girl as he emerged from the thicket he'd been lost in.
"Virginian City?!"
"Yeah, I sort of got lost for awhile. I could've sworn it was further away though."
"That's over twenty miles from here!!"
"Really?" Ryoga asked. But seeing as the Professor looked about ready to pop a bloodvessel, he decided to move along. "Well anyway she figured I was lost and said she was familiar with the area. So she agreed to help me in exchange for becoming her Tamer. And I figured, "What the heck?" So now, here we are." he finished, making a 'and-there-you-have-it' type gesture.
"So" he began, now that that was out of the way, "still have a Pokegirl for me?"
Five seconds later, Ryoga found himself and Hiroko tossed out on the front step along with his newly aquired Tamer's license, Pokegear, and lastly (what was supposed to have been) his starting Pokegirl which the Professor had chucked at his head.
Hiroko stared blankly and blinked. "Boy. Is he always that bad?"
"Pretty much." Ryoga shrugged. Still it wasn't all bad. I mean, he had wound up with two Pokegirls ; right off the bat, no less. Maybe his luck wasn't so bad after all. "So c'mon. open it up already." Hiroko asked eagerly.
"Okay. Here goes." Ryoga activated the ball and :
(Posted Sat, 17 Jan 2004 04:59)
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