A/N: I am starting this at two thrity in the morning since I'm supposed to wake up in two hours. If I go to sleep now, I will not wake up for about a week so I using this to keep me preoccupied. So last chapter was kind of a summary of what I wanted to write about that happened over the course of a year, but I was too lazy. The main story continues back here. Well, here is chapter nine. And I think Wataru is the correct name for Lance. I'm not sure. God, usually I would have given up on this.
"A mission, Kurenai-sama?" Satoshi confirmed as he stared down at the paper. Kurenai nodded.
"Yes Satoshi-san. You and several subordinates will be taken to Kanto to investigate someone who is trying to destroy Team Rocket. A man named Wataru, it is beleived," Kurenai breifed, pacing the room. The name Wataru sounded familiar, but he dismissed the feeling. He paid close attention to her every word.
"You will be collect information on this man and locate him. This man jepordizes everything we stand for! When you do find him, kill him and do not return until you can bring me his head!" She handed him a picture of a man with spikey red hair and brown eyes, who was wearing a cape. He looked so familiar. But why? He yet again pushed away the thought.
"Yes Kurenai-sama!" Satoshi responded, elated that she wanted his head. That meant decapitation. And that was something the crimson eyed boy had been wanting to try for some time now. She motion him to leave her office, and Satoshi obeyed, ready for his assignment.
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"Oh! These are so pretty!" Hikari fawned over a pair of Lunatone earrings. Hikari and Haruka had come to visit Kasumi in Kanto to see if she was doing well. When Satoshi disappeared a year ago, the two thought she would never get over it. They made regular visit so she wouldn't be alone, and after about half a year, Satoshi was forgotten for the most part; a pushed back memory nobody thought about although knew was there. But today was not a day for sadness. Today was a day for shopping and fun. Haruka, Hikari, and Kasumi had decided to spend the day in Celedon city, and were having a blast in the mall.
"You should buy them!" the red hair urged, since they were adorable. Kasumi carried tons of her bags in her arms but was not about to stop until they collapsed from shopping exhaustion. The girls laughed and giggled as they showed off their soon to be new accesories to each other. They made their purchase at the register and walked out with two more bags each.
"Let's go get something to eat! I'm starving from all this shopping!" the blue haired Sinnoh girl suggested, tummy growling. Her two companions nodded in agreement. The group began to walk the second story to the food court, chattering and giggling along the way. Kasumi always loved Celedon Mall and looked into each of the stores as they walked by. A shoe shop. A beauty salon. A Hot Topic. Her eyes were about to mentally eat the pretzel stop when a young man walked out of the previous store, the Hot Topic. He looked to be around in his early 20's and was deathly pale. He had peircing scarlet eyes and messy black hair. She had to admit the man was attractive. Hikari and Haruka noticed Kasumi had gotten distracted and looked for what had caught her attention, the thin young man. The three started to giggle and swoon. The raven haired young man was wearing dark skinny jeans and a baggy black t-shirt that looked like it would slip of his slim frame if he moved the wrong way. Over it he had a blue grey jacket. The boy seemed to be in a daze, standing there, as if bored by everything.
"Go talk to him! He's so hot!" Hikari nudge Kasumi. Kasumi gulped, shaking her head.
"No, you! I'm too scared!" Kasumi instantly whispered back. Haruka rolled her eyes, going to the front of the group.
"We'll all go and talk to him. It'll be less scary if we go together as a group," Haruka wisely suggested to her shopping friends. The giggled as they went to converse with the mysterious, Hot Topic man.
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Satoshi stepped out of the Hot Topic, now donning his new clothes. He was not used to he change in color, but he had liked the style and decided to try it. He had figured he needed new clothes in order to blend in; all white apparently didn't look to normal. He had sent his subordinates away to give him some privacy while he shopped. He ran his fingers through his hair as he looked for where to go next. He disliked the place, since it was too bright and loud, but there had been no other place at the time. He spaced out as he thought. Unfortunately, Satoshi's train of thought was broken by mad giggling. Without moving noticably, he spotted a group of girls; one girl with blue hair and a scarf dressed in black and pink, a brunette with a bandana with green and orange, and a red head with a side ponytail dressed in yellow. They were staring at him
He had no time to be bothered with these nuscences so he mentally blocked them out. He continued to think until he got interrupted again, this time by the girls slowly walking up to him, as if a failed attempt to not get noticed yet. He doubted that stabbing them through would not cause a scene here, so he held his temper.
"Um, excuse me," the brunette spoke up quietly, nervous. Satoshi looked down at her; she was slightly shorter than him and had deep blue eyes. She gave a small smile.
"What do you want?" Satoshi spoke as softly as he could. The last thing he wanted to do was frighten anyone before anything had even started. At his soft, although not the friendliest, words, the girl gain confidence.
"My friends and I were wondering if you would want to join us for lunch," the brunette asked cheerfully, making his stomach ill. "I'm Haruka by the way, and this is Hikari and Kasumi." Haruka pointed to her companions who waved slightly. Satoshi found it odd that there names sounded so familiar.
"I'm sorry but I have matters to attend to," Satoshi refused as nicely as possible. He couldn't stand a minute with these girls just standing here, so there was no possible way he would eat with them. The three were crestfallen until Kasumi noticed something. Z shaped scars under his eyes. Just like...
"Satoshi?" Kasumi asked so low that it was a surprise anyone could hear it. The oldest of the girls looked straight at him with confused eyes, although he was pretty confused himself.
"How do you know my name?" Satoshi asked, genuinely curious. He was certain that he hadn't said it and he extremely doubted this girl figured out his name through means of mind reading. The two other girls cocked their heads to the side confused as well. But when they got a better look at him, this man did sort of look like the Satoshi they once knew, with the exception of the eyes. They came in closer to examine him. Satoshi took a step to the side, inching away.
"So you are Satoshi!" Kasumi's teal eyes filled with tears as she jumped to hug him. She tried to latch herself onto his body when she met an arm. Satoshi shoved the red head to the ground, although for him he more or less tapped her. He had to supress his strength so not to kill her. She looked up at him from her spot on the floor confused and bewildered at his action
Disturbed by her sudden display of emotion, Satoshi briskly walked away from the three shocked girls without saying a word, leaving to find his subordinates and depart as soon as possible.
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"Kasumi? Are you ok?" Haruki asked her friend. They had sat down with their food at the Food Court a few minutes ago, after they had made sure Kasumi hadn't been hurt. But the girl was't eating despite her stomach grumbling in the stores. Kasumi had stopped crying and shook her head, hiccuping loudly.
"Don't take it so hard Kasumi. There are plenty of people in the world named Satoshi. I mean, it's not the most uncommon name. In fact, I went to school with some weird, blue haired kid name Satoshi. Maybe it was your hug that scared the guy," Hikari assured her. She undertood why she had reacted to him as she did. She hadn't seen her old friend for a year now, not even sure if he's still alive. And a guy who kinda looks like him with his name was bound to get her to react.
"Yeah. Besides, the last time I checked, Satoshi wasn't that skinny or tall, or pale," Haruka listed on her fingers.
"Or have red eyes," Hikari finished for her Hoenn friend. They made a good point, but Kasumi wasn't convinced.
"There's one thing that he had that nobody could ever have. Something that was unique," Kasumi whispered, stuffing a fry into her mouth. It made her stomach feel funny. Haruka and Hikari weren't sure what she meant by unique so they waited for her to choke down her salted fry.
"Have you ever seen anyone with those markings under their eyes?" Kasumi asked seriously. As much as they though, they had never seen a person with that. But what did it matter thinking about it. There were plenty of people they had never met. They both shrugged, causing Kasumi to sigh.
"Shigeru told me not to tell this to anyone, but I think the situation permits," Kasumi motion the girls to lean in. They did, interested to hear the story. "I don't know too many deatils since I hadn't known Satoshi back then, but Shigeru was his closest friend. When he was younger, apparently his father still lived with them. However, he often came home drunk and angry. Apparently one time, his father had pinned him down and carved the Zs into his face. Now if you can tell me that someone else in the world had Z's carved into their skin with the name Satoshi, I think you two are wrong. That was our Satoshi!" Kasumi sobbed. She rested her head on the table as she wept. Haruka and Hikaru looked back at each other as the patted the crying girl's back. She did make a point. It was unlikely someone else would have those scars. But if it really was Satoshi, why had he acted so cold?
A/N: Another chapter done! It is now 4:20! I have suceeded in staying up! I decided to go with the z markings on his face being from his father since that seemed fun. Although I regret making Kasumi so sobby when she was telling it. Well, she hasn't seen her friend in the longest time so I guess thats always a reason to cry about a thought to be dead friend. The blue haired Satoshi that Hikari mentions is actually Satoshi Hiwatari form DN Angel since that was the only Satoshi I could think of. I know that its a department store in Celedon, but a mall sounded more fun and more spacius. This is actually based on the mall my friends and I would go to to buy anime, down to the Hot Topic being next to Wetzle Pretzle. Please review! I want to know what you think!
