Basically this is a rewrite of "Different Strokes for Different Blokes". Masami finally meet with everyone, Satoshi, Hikari, Takeshi, and… Shinji! Booyah!
Some of the parts are changed. I didn't want to destroy the full plot, but some things had to be done in order to… er… fulfill my story.
Fine! Just read it. I don't own Pokemon but my OC, Masami.
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Chapter 1 – Masami's Reunion with Everyone!
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"Pika-chan, come out!"
Masami tossed out a Poke ball, which sent out a white beam. A yellow rodent with brown stripes on its back and a lightning-bolt shaped tail emerged from the beam. It jumped into Masami's arms.
"Now, now, Pika-chan, don't do that-"
Suddenly, the two heard growls coming from behind the bushes. Before Masami could react, a few yellow stars flew over the bushes! Masami yelped and dodged.
'What's wrong?' Masami walked over to where the stars came from. When she saw what was there, she smiled. 'Oh, it's her!'
There was an Aipom and a Piplup. They were having a serious fight. A Turtwig was trying to stop them, but it didn't succeed. The two then continued to fight.
"Oi, Aipom!" Masami put down Pika-chan and walked over to Aipom. She picked her up. "You shouldn't fight with Pokemon. What's wrong?"
Aipom looked up. She saw the familiar face, the girl who won the Grand Festival a few weeks ago. Aipom adored the girl. She hopped down from Masami's arms and jumped up and down for excitement. She was too excited her tail slapped onto Piplup's face!
"Pocha, pocha pocha!" Piplup shrieked. Turtwig came to their side and tried to stop them from arguing on. Masami sweat dropped. She couldn't manage fights really well, so she just did what Turtwig did: stop them both.
Three trainers ran over, distracted by the squabble Aipom and Piplup made. They saw Aipom and Piplup wrestling with each other, while Turtwig and Masami trying to pull the respective Pokemon away from each other, but with no avail.
"Come on, just stop fighting!"
"Turt turt turt!"
"Pocha, pocha!"
"Aipom, aipom!"
The three trainers sweat dropped at the "great scene" they witnessed.
Suddenly, Turtwig made a sudden move. It jumped into the fray angrily, but, instead, got attacked by Aipom's Focus Punch and Piplup's Peck.
Masami could see the anger in Turtwig. She backed away, afraid of what's going to happen.
Turtwig used Razor Leaf! The two Pokemon were separated. They backed off and rubbed their heads, injured by the damage Turtwig made.
The female trainer shouted, "What the-! Satoshi, why did your Turtwig attack my Piplup? Explain!"
The boy with a red cap (who was addressed as Satoshi) held up his hands in defense. "Hey! Hikari, I never did anything! It wasn't ME!"
Masami chuckled. That brought attention. "Well, Turtwig is a peacemaker, no? It just wanted to break the fight. See what it did."
They looked at Turtwig. It was standing proudly between them. Piplup and Aipom had stopped fighting.
Hikari then looked back to Masami. She clapped her hands together. "That's to be expected from my senpai! Smart, talented, intelligent, and much much more!" She turned to Satoshi, who had a puzzled look on his face. "Oh! She's one of my schoolmates in Pokemon School. She was a genius!"
Masami sweat dropped again. 'Er, Hikari, about the adjectives, it's all about the same thing. They actually refer to "smart." '
Satoshi then turned to Masami. "Well, it's been a few weeks! Why did you come to Sinnoh?"
"Well, I haven't travelled to Sinnoh yet, though it's my home region. So I decided to travel around. Oh, yeah, Satoshi, I decided to pick contests again. Gyms are waaaaaaaay too boring…"
"Aw, but gyms are fun… So what Pokemon did you bring with, and what did you catch?"
Masami rubbed her chin, thinking seriously. She counted her Pokemon with her fingers. "Hm… I brought Pika-chan and Eevee with me, and recently I got a Turtwig too. Professor Rowan gave it to me as a gift."
"Wow, you know Rowan, eh?"
Pika-chan walked up. It waved at Satoshi's Pikachu, who waved back excitedly. They started to chase each other around. The four silently looked at them.
Takeshi then spoke up. "Well, since we're here, why don't we go back and eat something? It's not too late to eat."
Everyone nodded excitedly. Just then, Turtwig, who was too excited, chomped onto Satoshi's head. Satoshi laughed.
"Stop, Turtwig, stop!" Satoshi laughed again, trying to shake Turtwig off. (A/N: Well, you pretty remember this part, but it's a bit different.) Masami giggled, while the others smiled in relief.
"Well, what a reunion," a voice called.
Satoshi stopped. Masami, Hikari and Takeshi turned to see a purple-haired boy smirking at Satoshi. Then suddenly, he turned his eyes to Masami. Masami hid behind Hikari in fear.
"Damn it!" Masami muttered. "Why does he come out when I wanted to forget him the most?" She turned up her volume and stuttered, "Oh, h-hey, Shinji…"
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"Wait, you know each other?" Hikari turned her head to Masami, who nodded curtly.
Shinji wasn't impressed. He kept on staring sternly at the girl. Everyone else fell silent. Masami held onto Hikari's shoulder even stronger. 'Crap, he's looking at me… Don't panic…'
Suddenly, he spoke up. "Idiot."
Masami stared at him blankly. Did he say what she thought he said? Anger boiled in Masami's chest. She HATED that word, but she decided to keep her composure.
"OH, so you decided to call me NAMES, didn't you?" Masami folded her arms, slowly coming out from Hikari's back. "I don't appreciate it, so-!"
"Idiot."
This time, Masami wasn't going to take this so easily. He was the only one who actually had the gut to call her that one more time.
"WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY?!" Masami marched right up to Shinji and poked a finger at him. "STOP CALLING ME THAT!"
But instead of backing off, like usual people do, Shinji just stood there calmly. He held up his hand and put it in front of her face. "Hah. Success."
This angered Masami even more. "YOU WERE TAUNTING ME FOR 'FUN'?! YOU… YOU… IDIOT, IDIOT, IDIOT, IDIOT!!!" She tried to pound her fists at him, but he swiftly backed off, causing her to fall.
On the other side of the road, Satoshi, Hikari and Takeshi stared at them with different remarks.
Hikari giggled. "She was so easy to taunt."
Satoshi was alarmed. "But shouldn't we stop her?"
Takeshi clapped his hands together, hearts floating around his eyes. "No need to do so. Masami is so BEAUTIFUL with so much anger."
Pikachu and Piplup merely sighed. Takeshi was on it again.
Masami began to realize what she had been doing in front of everyone. She yelped and backed off to Satoshi's side, her face flushed.
Satoshi then turned to Shinji. "Shinji, why are you here?"
"I wanted to train more before the Oreburgh City gym battle." Shinji replied coldly.
"You're also challenging the Oreburgh gym?" Satoshi was shocked at his reply. He backed off a little.
"That Turtwig… Is that your new Pokemon?"
"Of course!" He turned to Turtwig. "This guy is pretty strong!" Turtwig replied with a cry.
Shinji smirked. "Looks weak to me."
"WHAT?!" Satoshi shouted. "Shinji, battle with me!"
"Fine. We haven't settled our battle last time, right?" He pressed his Poke ball. "I'll use this Pokemon." (A/N: I directly ripped it from the original version, so it may sound different.) He threw out his Poke ball.
Masami sighed. 'Wow, these two get to battle that fast. Usually, I have to plead him for it.' She smiled. 'Let's see how Satoshi has improved.'
A Chimchar emerged from the Poke ball. It gave out a battle cry. Masami took out her PokeDex. "Chimchar, the Chimp Pokemon." Dexter explained. "It agilely scales sheer cliffs to live atop craggy mountains. Its fire is put out when it sleeps."
Satoshi turned to Turtwig. "Then I'll use this Turtwig to battle!" Turtwig nodded. It stepped up.
"But…" Hikari protested. "The Grass-type Turtwig has a type disadvantage over the Fire-type Chimchar-!"
"No!" Satoshi responded in anger. "I want to let him see Turtwig's strength!"
Takeshi, who was holding Bonsly in his arms, started, "Well, let me be the judge-!"
"We don't need a judge!" Shinji responded. "I want to fully defeat him."
Satoshi and Turtwig were angered. They glared at Shinji and his Pokemon, who didn't back off.
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They have changed their spot. Shinji, Satoshi, and their respective Pokemon stood on rocky ground, while Hikari, Takeshi, Pikachu, Piplup, Masami and her Pokemon sat on a log.
"You attack first." Shinji shouted coldly. "Or are you scared?"
"What- I won't back off! Turtwig, Quick Attack!" Turtwig charged towards Chimchar, not willing to back off.
"Dodge it!" Shinji, not impressed, shouts. Chimchar jumps high up. "Then use Scratch!" Chimchar dashed to Turtwig with high speed, making Takeshi shout "Fast!"
Satoshi commands Turtwig to dodge, but what's happening? Turtwig isn't moving! Chimchar takes the chance to scratch the foe.
"Turtwig, why didn't you dodge…?" Satoshi mumbles to Turtwig, confused. He restored his composure and shouted, "Turtwig, Razor Leaf!"
Turtwig and Chimchar land onto the ground. Turtwig immediately sends Chimchar an array of razor leaves. Chimchar dodges, and goes back to where its master stands.
Hikari comments about its swift movements.
"Ember!" Shinji yells. Chimchar opens its mouth and shoot bolts of fire at Turtwig. Takeshi comments that Chimchar's attacks have increased from the last battle.
Masami smirked. She was starting to get excited.
"Turtwig, dodge now!" Satoshi commanded. But Turtwig didn't move! It got attacked by the fire, and was bounced back.
"Turtwig, why? Why didn't you dodge?" Turtwig ignored him and shook its body. "Now use Synthesis to heal your wounds!"
Turtwig's leaves on its head glowed white. Turtwig glowed white, and the wounds disappeared. Turtwig regained energy, and it gave out a battle cry.
"Good, Satoshi, it was a good move," Takeshi commented.
"You would only do useless things," Shinji muttered. "Chimchar, use Flame Wheel to end this battle!"
Chimchar shot flames through its mouth, engulfing itself in fire. It then somersaulted towards Turtwig.
"Turtwig, this time, REALLY dodge!" Satoshi commanded. But once again, Turtwig didn't budge, and got slammed into by Chimchar.
"Turtwig! Are you okay?" Satoshi questioned the injured Turtwig in concern. Turtwig responded by standing back up, ready to fight again. Satoshi was relieved. Then he asked, "Why didn't you dodge the foe's moves?"
"It's over, right?" Shinji asked.
Satoshi shouted furiously, "It's not over yet! Turtwig, Bite!"
But as Turtwig was going to attack Chimchar, a net fired by the sky captures it! It is pulled back to a Meowth-shaped hot-air balloon.
"We hear voices saying this and that…" A voice shouted.
"We come along in a swift current of light..." Another voice shouted.
"The wind!"
"The land!"
"The sky!" A Meowth filled in.
"The danger we will deliver to the world!" the first voice added.
"The crisis we will convey to the universe!" the second voice shouted.
"Whether angels or demons, if you call the name…"
"The captivating echo that shakes everyone..."
"Ember!" Shinji shouted.
"Shadow Ball!" Masami yelled.
"Ember!" The first voice, which belongs to a female, shouted.
"Shadow Ball!" The second one, belonging to a male, followed.
Silence came.
"Ember? Shadow Ball?" The duo asked in question.
Just then, Chimchar and Masami's Eevee sent in their commanded moves. The trio, woman, man and Meowth, were engulfed in flames, and the Shadow Ball caused it to create a mini-explosion which didn't do too much harm.
The Meowth shouted in the smoke, "What are you doing nya?"
The woman (Jessie) added, "We were in the middle of the motto!"
The man (James) concurred, "Yes, yes, you cannot attack when we're on the motto!"
"We're in the middle of a battle. Don't bother us." Shinji said coolly.
"Oh, you guys, you guys…" Masami sighed. She had run to the battlefield when they were reciting their motto. "You never change, do you?"
James popped out his head. "Huh? I know that girl, but I've never seen that boy."
"Give me back my Turtwig!" Satoshi shrieked. James looked at Satoshi.
"Turtwig?" James asked. What did the twerp mean?
Meowth popped its head out too. "That's impossible!"
The three looked up, shocked. "OH! It's not Pikachu!" They have caught the wrong Pokemon!
Jessie started to give them a little lecture which lasted for a few seconds. Shinji butted in. "Useless people…"
This angered Jessie. "What did you say?! James, give him a lesson!"
James nodded, and started to "teach" him what Team Rocket is, which were strong, scary, cunning, unfair, sad, hungry… Then he broke into tears and said it was all lies.
Meowth tried to break sense into his head, which worked.
James threw out his Poke ball. "Go, Carnivine!" The Carnivine came back and bit onto James' head. "No, no, no… Carnivine, Bullet Seed!"
Masami sighed. 'These guys are complete losers, aren't they? Except for the comic relief-! Wait, what am I saying?'
Carnivine released itself from its beloved owner's head and attacked with a huge velocity of seeds glowing with yellow light out of its mouth. It aimed for Shinji and Chimchar!
Satoshi warned Shinji of the danger ahead, but Shinji shook it off with a "Shut up" and ordered Chimchar to use Ember.
Chimchar's Ember and Carnivine's Bullet Seed collided. Masami used this chance to command Eevee to use Shadow Ball, which broke the strings and Turtwig fell down. Satoshi caught onto it.
Masami took hold onto this chance. "Pika-chan, Thunderbolt! Eevee, Shadow Ball!"
Pika-chan and Eevee jumped up. They used their respective moves to attack the hot-air balloon, which exploded in contact with the attacks. The trio flew off the sky.
At the same time, Satoshi, Shinji, Masami and the Pokemon were all blown off to the edge of the cliff where they were fighting on. They fell off!
Takeshi and Hikari called for their names as the three fell from high ground.
Masami saw Pika-chan holding onto Eevee, who was crying for dear life. She smiled, returned Eevee into the ball, and tried to reach for Pika-chan, but her hands were too far of reach.
As Satoshi held onto Turtwig, Shinji was trying to focus. He noticed Masami trying to reach her hand to Pika-chan, who was desperately doing the same. He grunted. 'Not again…' He looked at Chimchar, then pointed at Pika-chan. Chimchar seemed to understand what he meant, because Chimchar "swam" over and grabbed Pika-chan with its arms.
Masami was puzzled at Chimchar's actions, when she suddenly felt a hand wrap over her waist. She knew who it was, but she looked over.
"Look, I'm trying to help." Shinji stared at her. "So don't move." Masami nodded, blushing like a Tamato Berry.
Though he was holding onto Masami, he was still calm as always. He landed onto a protruding tree, then swinging from branch to branch. Chimchar followed, doing the same.
As Satoshi fell into the pond below, Shinji had successfully landed on the ground before it. He dropped Masami carefully, who went and embraced Pika-chan like her life depended on it.
"Oh, Pika-chan, thank goodness you're OK," She was starting to cry. "I thought we were all going to die or something!"
"Oi, you're coming?" Shinji returned Chimchar back to the ball, then turned to the sobbing girl. It irked him. He hated it when she cried. "Oi… We have to get out, so come on." He tried to be a bit nicer, but as Satoshi was nearby and with Hikari and Takeshi looking down and asking him if he's okay, he couldn't do it.
Masami nodded. She stood up, wiped her tears away, and walked into the woods alone. Shinji followed silently.
Satoshi saw what happened and tried to follow. He caught up. "Hey, Shinji, you're going through these woods, right? Let's go together then."
"Why?" Shinji asked.
"Well, we should help each other when we're in trouble, shouldn't we?"
Shinji talked about having no problems, and that he doesn't need Satoshi's help. Before Shinji dismissed him, he told him to be careful of the Stantler, and "because this is the Bewilder Forest". Then he walked up to Masami and left Satoshi alone with his Turtwig.
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"Oh no! Isn't this the Bewilder Forest?" Hikari shouted.
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In one part of the forest, Masami was staring at the ground, while Shinji was staring at her intently. Then Masami spoke up.
"I thank you," Masami mumbled, though audible to Shinji to hear. "Thank you for saving me."
Shinji looked to the other side, smirking. "Idiot, you were falling off a cliff. And being the more logical one, I had to save you."
Masami glared at him. "Logical? Can you tell me what you mean by 'logical'?"
Shinji, still looking away, ignored her. Instead, he changed the subject. "So… how was your travel through Kanto?"
"You can pretty see me on TV, and you ask me this question? Now you call yourself 'logical'? Wow, I've never seen this side of you."
Shinji grunted. He couldn't beat Masami with her quick-thinking skills. He tried to change the subject again. "What Pokemon did you get?"
"I would comment on your changing-the-subject manner, but I wouldn't bother now. I have Pika-chan, as always," Pika-chan popped out of Masami's shoulder, waving its hand at Shinji. "I took Eevee with me during the Kanto journeys, and… I got a Turtwig from Professor Rowan. So now we're even, right?"
Shinji looked back at her. He remembered his Torterra, whom he kept in his Poke ball. "A Turtwig, huh… Sounds weaker to me."
Masami growled at his remark. "You have SO many things to hate, young man, and this is one of them! Why do you do this annoying stuff?" The light-bulb in her head lit up. "Ah-ha… You just annoy the heck out of them, and then they get the motive to battle you, right? It doesn't work on me." She giggled.
Shinji blushed a bit, looking away in embarrassment. And for the first time for his life, he thought Masami was cute when she laughed. He shook his head, trying to get that thought away from him.
Masami laughed, delighted at her success of making the invincible Shinji being all annoyed and confused. "You know, you look SO funny when you are confused."
Just then, Satoshi, who was in the other side of the forest, screamed in pain.
"Guess he got attacked by the Stantler's Hypnosis," Masami grinned, folding her arms. "Let's go get him out of it."
Though Shinji didn't like it, he had no choice but to go. He would rather spend some time with her than go save some idiot that could get himself out of that mess.
'Wait, what did I just think?' Shinji thought to himself. 'Damn my teenager hormones.'
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"Let's stay in this world and meet up with Hikari like this…" Satoshi said in a dreamy mode. Masami and Shinji were standing aside.
"That weakling." Shinji muttered darkly under his breath. Then he threw out his Poke ball. "Chimchar, Ember!"
Chimchar emerged from the Poke ball. It sent an array of fire sparks at the Stantler. The Stantler were scared away.
Satoshi and Turtwig woke up from his illusion.
"Shinji… Masami…" He stood up, shocked at what he had seen. Had he done that in front of THEM?
Just then, a Stantler came back for them, angry about the attack Chimchar made. Shinji was unimpressed. He wanted to get out of this as soon as possible.
"Flame Wheel!" he commanded. Chimchar somersaulted towards Stantler and slammed onto it.
"Poke ball, attack." Shinji said calmly, throwing an empty Poke ball at the Stantler. The Stantler was pulled into the Poke ball. The ball struggled and stopped with a ding, indicating that the trainer had succeeded.
Satoshi thanked Shinji for saving him, however, Shinji responded with a "don't get me wrong". He took out his PokeDex and scanned Stantler's Poke ball. After mumbling about Stantler only knowing Quick Attack, he threw out the Poke ball, saying that it is no use already.
Masami sighed. "You never learn…" She picked Pika-chan up and started to walk away. After having a short conversation with Satoshi, Shinji and Chimchar walked up to Masami and they walked on, leaving Satoshi alone again.
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Masami hopped back down from a tree, taking two freshly-picked apples with her. She gave one to Pika-chan, and then looked at Shinji, who was laying his back on a tree, and asked, "Do you want an apple? If you're not eating, I'll take it."
Shinji ignored her.
Masami was used to it. She knew he meant she could eat the juicy apple, but her conscience told her not to eat it. She looked at Shinji in concern. Yes, to him, eating wasn't that important, but since it affects his health, she couldn't seem to bring the apple into her mouth.
Masami walked over to Shinji, who opened one eye to look at her. She sat down and handed him the apple. "Eat it. I can get another apple from the tree." Impatient, she grabbed Shinji's wrist and put the apple on his palm.
Shinji stared at the apple in shock. Masami never did anything like this to him. He looked up. Masami was talking to Chimchar with baby-language, tickling it weakly. Chimchar struggled in her arms, laughing like a young child.
Suddenly, a painful scream was heard. Masami hopped up. "It's Satoshi. I wonder what he has met again. Probably the Stantler again. Let's go to the exit, Shinji. I'm sure they'll be there soon."
Shinji smirked. He pocketed the apple and stood up with her. They walked silently to the exit, making sure that the Stantler wouldn't come and hypnotize them. Chimchar and Pika-chan high-fived, then hustled after their respective masters.
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The three trainers ran out of the woods, an Ursaring following after. When Masami saw them, she sighed and slapped her forehead. "Wow, they're really getting themselves in trouble every time they're in the woods, right, Pika-chan?"
Masami and Pika-chan backed off, letting Shinji do his work.
"Get out of the way!" Shinji yelled, and the three obliged by doing so. He, then, commanded Chimchar to use Flame Wheel, which was a impressive hit, as Ursaring was screaming in pain.
Shinji, once again, pulled out a Poke ball and threw it at the Ursaring. The Ursaring struggled in the Poke ball, but to no avail. The Poke ball became still.
As Hikari complimented about Shinji's capture, Satoshi darkly remarks that Shinji would release it if the Pokemon was a weakling. However, Shinji was satisfied about the Ursaring, thus he pocketed the Poke ball.
After a few taunts, Shinji started to leave. Masami stared at Shinji in concern. 'He hasn't been getting so serious since the Johto showdowns… I wonder why he acts like that…' She tailed along with Shinji.
"You're running?" Satoshi yelled angrily. He wasn't going to take this so easily. How dare Shinji insult Turtwig!
"Fine. I'll tell you how weak that Turtwig is."
Masami moaned. This is going to take longer than she thought. She stepped up to them. "I'll be referee, and no matter how you don't like them, Shinji, I'll do it."
Shinji ignored her. 'Fine…'
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"Turtwig is not able to battle! Shinji wins!" Masami finishes her duty as a referee by announcing the results of the battle.
"You don't have to be so excited because of winning this kind of battle," Shinji returned his Chimchar into the Poke ball.
Satoshi stood up. "Shinji, just compliment Chimchar for some time!"
"Huh. Weaklings are still weaklings forever." Shinji smirked. This angered everyone (with the exception of Masami, of course).
"Masami, say something to him! Say that he's wrong!" Hikari pointed at Masami, who was standing beside Shinji.
Masami noticed Shinji walking off. She glanced at Shinji, and then back at the group, taking a small bow politely, then ran off to catch up with Shinji.
Satoshi held onto Turtwig, shaking angrily. Hikari warned Satoshi not to lose to him, which Satoshi agreed. They glared at Shinji. They noticed Masami, who was staring back at them in fear. She nodded at them, and then fully focusing on Shinji, who was quite annoyed.
The last thing she heard from Satoshi was "I hope Masami's okay with him". She balled her fists, and then walked on with Pika-chan staring at her in concern.
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Booyah! I'm done with the 1st chapter~
I know, bad ending, bad story. I found out I used a lot of words repeatedly. (E.g. "and", "and then", commas, etc.) Please don't hate me for this.
Shinji: I HATE that boy with the stupid red hat.
Hana: SATOSHI, his name is Satoshi. And why do you hate him? You rarely get so pissed.
Shinji: He ruined all the moments!
Hana: Moments-! –Evil smiles- Aha, so you DO like her…
Shinji: Don't get me started on that you-two-are-different conversation again. It's boring.
Hana: Fine. Now go away. Anyway, where's the apple?
Shinji: I ate it. It's quite good.
Hana: Are you sure you like the food, or you're just saying that you like the girl so much that you don't care what you're eating?
Shinji: -blushes- Both.
Something to add.
For cities, Pokemon names, moves, and something else I can't seem to remember, they're in English, as for the humans, they're in Japanese, but for the case of Rowan, I will use English.
I was on a trip to Macau, thus I couldn't do anything this three days and two nights. It's now midnight, so I should upload this and get to sleep.
Well, stay tuned, R & R, and- HEY! YOU SAID YOU ATE THE APPLE! What's that on your hand?!
Shinji: It's another apple, you idiot!
Bye-bee~