Back in Lori's yard Timothy was now sitting on the ground laughing and playing with Kila, Ada, Nina and Nikita. Nina, Ada, Nikita and Kila were all trying to grab his tail, but he quickly moved it out of their reach.
"Your all way to slow." mocked Timothy
"I'm going to get it." laughed Ada
Ada bent into a stance, ready to pounce on Timothy's tail as he waved it in front of her. She then quickly jumped at his tail, but he quickly moved it and instead she landed on Nina. The two rolled over to Timothy's side before they stopped and got back to their feet.
"Sorry about that Nina." laughed Ada
"Mew." laughed Nina
Timothy and Nikita smiled and laughed as they looked at them, before Timothy suddenly winced in pain. He moved his tail in front of him and saw Kila was hanging on it tight which was really painful.
"I got it." muttered Kila
Though she had his tail in her mouth and she couldn't speck Timothy clearly understood her.
"You cheated though." moaned Timothy still obvious in some pain.
He held out his hand underneath the kitten and sat her in it before she let go of his tail.
"Yea, but I still caught it." giggled Kila
"Yea you did." nodded Timothy
He sat Kila down in front of his leg and she started to chase after Nina and Ada who started to run around Timothy. Up on the porch railing Tokine smiled as she watched Timothy continued playing with Ada, Nina, Nikita and Kila. Just then she turned around toward the house as she suddenly started to hear footsteps coming from inside the house. She stared at the door for a few minutes and then when the door opened she saw Lori and Alice step through.
"Hay Tokine what's going on out here?" asked Lori
"Nothing really…just having a few laughs watching Timothy play." replied Tokine
Lori and Alice looked down at Timothy on the ground and saw him playing with Nikita, Kila, Nina and Ada. Ada had climbed on Timothy's shoulder and was trying to reach Nina's tail while Nikita and Kila were behind him trying to catch his tail.
"Yea that is funny." laughed Alice
"It's cute to." agreed Lori
Down to the ground Timothy looked back and noticed Alice and Lori on the porch smiling down at him.
"Well, well looks who up." smiled Timothy
"Yeah and…I haven't slept that good in day's now so what." replied Lori
"I bet." snickered Alice
"That's not funny…I bet you wouldn't be saying that if you were part cat and you went into heat more so out of the year. It really annoying at times." retorted Lori smiling.
"Maybe, but try being a full cat and most of the time going into heat over the course of the year every two weeks. Once you've done that then y'all can tell me how you feel." retorted Tokine
"Yeah well it's still pretty annoying at times. It make it really hard to concentrate." agreed Lori
"Well hay that's what you got me and Alice around for." replied Timothy
"Yeah he's right…whenever you have that urge and need some relief you know you can just call us." agreed Alice
"Yea I know and I thank you both." laughed Lori as she and Alice hugged.
"That goes for you to Tokine." grinned Timothy
"Oh don't worry I know." assured Tokine smiling.
Timothy took Ada from his shoulder and sat her on the ground, before getting to his feet and stretched.
"So ladies what do you all have planned for the rest of the day?" asked Timothy letting out a yawn.
"Well now that I've got my little problem out of the way for the moment I can get back to the training I had planned." replied Lori
"What kind of training?" asked Timothy
"It's a new technique that I'm developing, but I'm not telling or showing you until I finish it." replied Lori
"Alright then." snickered Timothy
"Hay Alice I was wondering if you could help me out with my training?" Lori asked
"Sure." nodded Alice
"What about you Tokine…I could really use your help to?" asked Lori
"You know I'll help you Lori." nodded Tokine
"Yes." smiled Lori excitedly.
"What about you? What do you have planned for the rest of the day?" asked Alice
"I think I'm going to go to the hospital to check in on Thomes." replied Timothy
"Alright then I'll be here if you need me." said Alice
She jumped from the to to Timothy who caught her in a hug and they both laughed before sharing a long passionate kiss. Timothy looked up on the porch swing at Kachu and saw that he was still talking to Kim.
"Hay Kachu I'll be back a little later alright." said Timothy
"Chu…Pikachu." nodded Kachu
He then looked back down on the ground at Nina and Nikita who were both still playing with Kila and Ada.
"You two have fun until I get back ok." smiled Timothy
"Mew." nodded Nina
"Be…Be." nodded Nikita
"Alright see y'all." waved Timothy
He then jumped onto the top of the wall and then started jumping rooftop to rooftop headed toward his destination.
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Somewhere in the Hidden Shadow in front of a large brown brick building that was the Hidden Shadow's hospital Thomes sat on a bench. He sat on the bench looking up at the clear blue sky through the leaves of the trees that obscured his view. As he sat he thought about his battle with Markus during the Chunin exams and how easily he was defeated. He remembered how during the fight nothing he did worked against him.
He then lend forward and looked at the few people and their pokémon walking the grounds of the hospital. He looked at his right arm that the doctor had put in a special cast so he would no be able to move it to much. He thought about what the doctor had told him about his arm after he had awakened about the fact that he might not ever be able to use his arm again. He looked over to his left and beside him leaning on the beach was his sword which he had brought out of his room with him.
He ran is finger down the black strap that crisscrossed around the hilt of the sword before rubbing his fingers on its gold cross-guard. He picked up the blade before putting it in-between his leg and pulling the blade out of its sheath. The silver blade gleamed as the ray of the ray shined off of the blade causing Thomes to smile.
"Well as long as I've got one good arm, then that's all I need." smiled Thomes as he held out the sword with his left hand.
"Well looks like your doing better." said A voice
Thomes turned around, before looking up into the one of the trees and there sitting on one of the branches was Timothy smiling down at him.
"Hay Timothy what are you doing here?" asked Thomes
"Well I came to see how you were doing, but it looks as if your doing fine." replied Timothy
He slide off of the branch and landed on the ground before walking toward Thomes and sitting on the bench beside him..
"Well the doc gave me a shot in my arm earlier to completely numb the pain. Otherwise I'd probably be crying like a baby cause I'd be in so much pain." joked Thomes
"Ha…what did the doctor tell you about you arm anyway?" asked Timothy as he leaned on the back of the bench.
"He told me that arm was broken in two places." sighed Thomes
"Well that doesn't sound to bad." shrugged Timothy
"Yeah it doesn't, but it is. My forearm was broken, but they just used a metal ring to hold it in place. The bad part is that he said that my humerus wasn't only broken but it was shattered." explained Thomes
"Ok yeah now it does sound bad." replied Timothy
"Yeah he went on to say that piece's of the bone had been embed in the muscle and that what's causing me so much pain." explained Thomes
"Damn that is bad." nodded Timothy
"Well the pain is for sure and the fact that the doctor said that I might not ever be able to use this arm again is also a bummer, but as long as I got my other arm to use my sword I'll survive." stated Thomes
"Do you think they'll be able to do anything about the piece's of bone in your muscle?" asked Timothy
"I honestly don't know." Thomes shrugged
"Well let's see...for the part about the shattered bone it could be replace with a steel plate at most, but you would have to find somebody really good to get those bones out of your arm with out them damaging your muscle." noted Timothy
"Why do you know somebody like that?" asked Thomes
"I might, but I haven't seen them in sometime. I haven't even seen them in the village lately, but if I do I'll send them your way." assured Timothy
"Sounds good." nodded Thomes
"Anyway you don't seem to bummed about it anyway." noted Timothy
"I'm not really, cause like I said, before as long as I got one good arm I can still use my sword and some of my jutsu. Oh yea, before I forget again lets have a quick round of swordplay." urged Thomes
"You sure your up for it?" asked Timothy
"Well if I wasn't then I wouldn't be asking you." retorted Thomes laughing.
"Alright then let's go." agreed Timothy smiling.
To Be Continued…
