Neko's Backpack pushed downward on his right shoulder as he takes firm strides down the few stairs off the train. As he hopped off of the last stair of the train, his feet plant firmly on the dusty ground below, raising it slightly tarnishing his boots slightly. He snarled slightly at this sight, but he moved his mind away from his boots once his eyes swayed towards a station attendant. He moved towards the attendant with a solemn nature.
"Sir," Neko made himself none
"May I help you?" The attendant replied
"I was wondering the best way to get to New Bark town?"
"The cheapest way would be the trainer's bus. The fastest way would be a cab."
"How much is the cab?"
"Around 80 to 100."
"Where can I hail one?"
"At the corner."
"Thank you."
"Have a good day."
With a twist of his hip and foot, Neko turns himself away from the attendant. Now with a more upbeat stride, he moves along the worn dusty streets of the station just outside of Cherry Grove City. This place was almost a monument for its keep of its original buildings from the late 20th century. He passed many people along the road. Men, Women, Children, and many different species of Pokémon roamed this area. Strangely enough they all seemed to be quite friendly and smiled to Neko as paths crossed. A few minutes passed before he came across a small sandwich shop advertising their special of the week. Just outside of the shop there were two children, around seven in age, rolling what looked like a basket ball between the two of them. Neko smiled as he walked closer to the children, heading towards the door to the shop. But to his surprise, as he got closer he saw that it was not a basket ball that the children were rolling but a curled up Sandshrew.
"Huh," Neko motioned to himself.
Neko pressed his hand up against the door of the shop, and with a slight push of his body he opened it and walked inside. Only taking a step further, just enough to let the door shut behind him, Neko made a scanning glance around the place, taking in just about everything. At the end of his glance, he laid eyes on a boy about his age standing behind a counter looking rather bored. The boy was hunched beside his cash register head in hands as he sighed heavily.
Neko's mouth yearned for something to drink, all the food from the train was salty and the only thing to drink was tea, not exactly a great thirst quencher. With experimental eye glances he attempted to gain the lad's attention. None really seamed to work except for a head up, eyebrows up, and a slight smiling glance. Hands in pockets, Neko took the few strides needed to the front of the counter, now looking slightly upward at the list of foods and drinks available.
"What will you have sir." The boy stood up quickly straightening his back putting a forced smile on his face.
"Just water, please."
"You want fries with that?"
Neko laughed to himself, finding the comment somewhat amusing. "I'll pass thanks."
Neko watched the boy turn around, taking a large cup and places it under a soft drink dispenser filling it with water. Once the cup was almost full, the boy reaches to his side and takes grasp of a plastic top and a straw. Quickly after snapping on the top, and shoving the straw down the flapped hole, the boy turned around and placed the water on the counter. Neko reached into the small money sack at his side and pulled out a couple dollar coins.
"That will be one ten sir."
Neko placed two dollar coins on the counter and took grasp of his water.
"Keep the change." From there Neko turned and walked towards the door of the shop. Pulling with a firm grasp he opened the door and let his swing shut behind him as he walked through it. Almost sucking water from the reasonably large straw, Neko noticed the two children still playing with the curled Sandshrew.
A smile on his face, He sat down on a nearby bench with his eyes glued to the children. He watched them pushing the small pokemon between them as if it were a ball. Then, without warning, the mouse-like pokemon uncurled in between the two children with a small jump landing on its rump swaying its head from side to side in a dizzy and confused fashion. Neko laughed to himself as he sucked down two more gulps of the refreshing water.
His laugh, however, was quickly silenced as he watched a rather tall man dressed in a black business suit brushed Neko's arm as the man walked by him. At first Neko paid no mind to the man, shrugging it off. With eyebrow's scrunch and eyes narrowed he peeled his sweat ridden ass from the bench and twisted his legs to turn himself towards a bus stop.
"NO!" a screeching cry came from behind him, the sound nearly blasting his eardrums. Instinctively, Neko spun around to see what was going on. And to his disgust he saw one of the children from earlier grabbing, punching and biting the leg of the man that had just passed him. Dumbfounded Neko hesitated to do anything but was soon revived when he saw the black suited man shake off and kick the child severely. In doing so he made the mistake of turning back to Neko, revealing that he was holding the young Sandshrew just between its head and the rocky armor of its shell as if it were a stray cat.
"What are you doing?" Neko face and voice grew angrier and tenser by the second.
"None of your business Kid… run along"
"You're stealing a pokemon from two children. And as far as I'm concerned, that is my business."
"Sand… shrew…" Sandshrew almost squealed in pain from the man's tightening grip.
"Get out of my way kid." Unknown to Neko, the man had taken his other hand and pushed it hard into his pocket, where he was fondling something.
"Over my dead body." With a creeping motion, Neko swiped his leg right leg along the ground, turning himself in a side stance towards the black suited man.
"Why not, DIE NOW!" Bringing his hand out of his pocket the man rushed at Neko, Sandshrew in hand. Neko's only movement on the man was bringing his left hand up towards his face, but not terribly close. The top of his thumb was bent in to the palm of his hand, but his other fingers were put in a claw formation, similar to the tiger claw fighting stance. It didn't take long for the man to get close to Neko. He revealed in his other hand, a butterfly knife. Ready to strike, the man lifted his arm to get more power. A mistake he would regret.
An instant read, in Neko's head, he used his left let to give a quick side kick to the man's stomach making him slow down and hunch slightly. Taking advantage of the situation Neko didn't hesitate to not set his foot down but bring it in and give a massive side kick to his attacker's face. The man stopped dead in his tracks, falling backwards head first. Then forming his hand; Neko pivoted into the man with his right leg, getting him extremely close. The corner of his eye caught the man trying to stab downward with his knife, and with a upward block with left arm he halted the attack and wrapped his arm around the mans, while at the same time chopping quickly at the arm holding the Sandshrew. Once the man's grip was loose enough Neko brought his fist down hard on the man's arm and swiped at the Sandshrew, grasping it tightly under his arm like a football. And to finish, he kneed the man square in the balls with his right knee and pushed him away. Now in extreme pain, the man fell to the ground, cringing along with the other bruises he had obtained.
Seeing his prey on the ground, Neko loosened his grip on the young Sandshrew slightly, and came to a more comfortable stance moving his shoulders in a clockwise fashion and rolled his neck, before taking a glance at the children, who were starting at him blankly.
"Here you go." Neko lowered the Sandshrew down and giving it a second to bring itself out of the ball before completely letting go. The children for a while were actually speechless. The child that was actually just sitting and watching the entire incident happen crawled over to the Sandshrew slowly looking at it in a longing, confused, fashion. Once close enough the child, a girl, reached out her hands towards the Pokemon and suddenly with a heart pounding sob.
"Rocky…" the words almost exploded from her mouth directly focused at the little pokemon. In response, the Sandshrew twisted his head slightly to his left uttering something and then with a tear from its eye it cried back
"Sandshrew…" the tiny Sandshrew leaped into the girl's arms, hugging her tightly, its body shaking with pure joy. Neko only stood and watched this for a moment before he turned to head back towards the bus stop his pace now heavy, and his back slightly hunched, and his hands deep within his pockets, slightly clenched into fists. He passes a large house. The gate itself was as tall as a well trained Pidgeot. As he walked further he saw another house almost the same size, but this one was a tad more modest.
"Hmm." Neko thought to himself as he passed the more modest house he looked upward towards the sky to only see a flock of Pidgey flying overhead cooing sweetly. Neko placed his hands in his pockets and let his shoulders relax. Now looking to his right to the other side of the street, he caught a small Caterpie spinning a cocoon around himself while hanging upside down from a rather large tree. Neko only smiled while he continued to walk towards the corner where he was informed to go. Luckily enough as the corner came in sight, so did the cab. It seemed like the driver was on break since he was sitting on it sipping something from a Styrofoam cup.
"Hey… Driver, can I get a ride in your taxi?" Neko quickened his step into a slow jog just to get to the cab faster so he wouldn't have to yell to the driver next time.
"Of coarse sir, you may step inside but I will take you no where until I have finished my coffee."
"That's ok, I'm pretty tired, ill probably sleep most of the way anyway."
"So, where is it that you are heading sir?"
"New Bark Town actually."
"Really? Why not take the buss with the young trainers?" Neko only lowered his head slightly and raised one eyebrow, staring at the man as if telling him that it was a rhetorical question.
"Ah, I see your point sir, hop in"
"Thank you." With the offer Neko opened the back door to the vehicle finding himself toss his bag in first and his head soon diving in after it as he landed in the soft cushions of the seats. Almost instantly Neko could feel his body relaxing, his neck and back were loosing their tension making his eyes become heavy. A few moments passed before he could hear the driver slam the driver side door shut and the rumbling of the engine as he started the cab. Then with the humming of the engine and the now rolling of the wheels, sleep had found Neko, slipping him off into another world.
~The Summer sun blazed down upon the young Neko and Sarah. The grass, green and luscious, caressed and tickled Neko's bare feet as he swung his foster sister on an old swing in the national park just outside of goldenrod city. Bright smiles showed on the two youngsters faces as they played. Sarah's long hair flew as Neko pushed her from behind, getting hair in his nose every few pushes. Laughing together in unison they played, free of worry.
Suddenly a shadow appeared from behind the two happy pre-teens. Neko noticed the shadow shortly before Morgan and turned around to see what it was. A sudden shock came over him as he saw a woman of in front of him. Trying to cover Sarah with his body, the woman grasped both his shoulders, shaking him viciously, almost choking the young boy. Struggling for a full breath, Neko desperately tried to yell for help but no voice came to his lips, only the dizziness of being shaken. Sarah, never once leaving her foster brother's side, screams violently at the woman and into the openness of the park, but no one came. The man loosened his grip on one of Neko's arms and reached over him towards her. Feeling full breath come to him Neko started fighting back with full adrenaline pulsing through him no longer feeling the shaking sensation. "NO!" he shouted at the woman. Irritated the man threw Neko aside, and all he could hear were shouts and pleads from his foster sister before going black "You Can't, you can't…"~
"Sir," Neko made himself none
"May I help you?" The attendant replied
"I was wondering the best way to get to New Bark town?"
"The cheapest way would be the trainer's bus. The fastest way would be a cab."
"How much is the cab?"
"Around 80 to 100."
"Where can I hail one?"
"At the corner."
"Thank you."
"Have a good day."
With a twist of his hip and foot, Neko turns himself away from the attendant. Now with a more upbeat stride, he moves along the worn dusty streets of the station just outside of Cherry Grove City. This place was almost a monument for its keep of its original buildings from the late 20th century. He passed many people along the road. Men, Women, Children, and many different species of Pokémon roamed this area. Strangely enough they all seemed to be quite friendly and smiled to Neko as paths crossed. A few minutes passed before he came across a small sandwich shop advertising their special of the week. Just outside of the shop there were two children, around seven in age, rolling what looked like a basket ball between the two of them. Neko smiled as he walked closer to the children, heading towards the door to the shop. But to his surprise, as he got closer he saw that it was not a basket ball that the children were rolling but a curled up Sandshrew.
"Huh," Neko motioned to himself.
Neko pressed his hand up against the door of the shop, and with a slight push of his body he opened it and walked inside. Only taking a step further, just enough to let the door shut behind him, Neko made a scanning glance around the place, taking in just about everything. At the end of his glance, he laid eyes on a boy about his age standing behind a counter looking rather bored. The boy was hunched beside his cash register head in hands as he sighed heavily.
Neko's mouth yearned for something to drink, all the food from the train was salty and the only thing to drink was tea, not exactly a great thirst quencher. With experimental eye glances he attempted to gain the lad's attention. None really seamed to work except for a head up, eyebrows up, and a slight smiling glance. Hands in pockets, Neko took the few strides needed to the front of the counter, now looking slightly upward at the list of foods and drinks available.
"What will you have sir." The boy stood up quickly straightening his back putting a forced smile on his face.
"Just water, please."
"You want fries with that?"
Neko laughed to himself, finding the comment somewhat amusing. "I'll pass thanks."
Neko watched the boy turn around, taking a large cup and places it under a soft drink dispenser filling it with water. Once the cup was almost full, the boy reaches to his side and takes grasp of a plastic top and a straw. Quickly after snapping on the top, and shoving the straw down the flapped hole, the boy turned around and placed the water on the counter. Neko reached into the small money sack at his side and pulled out a couple dollar coins.
"That will be one ten sir."
Neko placed two dollar coins on the counter and took grasp of his water.
"Keep the change." From there Neko turned and walked towards the door of the shop. Pulling with a firm grasp he opened the door and let his swing shut behind him as he walked through it. Almost sucking water from the reasonably large straw, Neko noticed the two children still playing with the curled Sandshrew.
A smile on his face, He sat down on a nearby bench with his eyes glued to the children. He watched them pushing the small pokemon between them as if it were a ball. Then, without warning, the mouse-like pokemon uncurled in between the two children with a small jump landing on its rump swaying its head from side to side in a dizzy and confused fashion. Neko laughed to himself as he sucked down two more gulps of the refreshing water.
His laugh, however, was quickly silenced as he watched a rather tall man dressed in a black business suit brushed Neko's arm as the man walked by him. At first Neko paid no mind to the man, shrugging it off. With eyebrow's scrunch and eyes narrowed he peeled his sweat ridden ass from the bench and twisted his legs to turn himself towards a bus stop.
"NO!" a screeching cry came from behind him, the sound nearly blasting his eardrums. Instinctively, Neko spun around to see what was going on. And to his disgust he saw one of the children from earlier grabbing, punching and biting the leg of the man that had just passed him. Dumbfounded Neko hesitated to do anything but was soon revived when he saw the black suited man shake off and kick the child severely. In doing so he made the mistake of turning back to Neko, revealing that he was holding the young Sandshrew just between its head and the rocky armor of its shell as if it were a stray cat.
"What are you doing?" Neko face and voice grew angrier and tenser by the second.
"None of your business Kid… run along"
"You're stealing a pokemon from two children. And as far as I'm concerned, that is my business."
"Sand… shrew…" Sandshrew almost squealed in pain from the man's tightening grip.
"Get out of my way kid." Unknown to Neko, the man had taken his other hand and pushed it hard into his pocket, where he was fondling something.
"Over my dead body." With a creeping motion, Neko swiped his leg right leg along the ground, turning himself in a side stance towards the black suited man.
"Why not, DIE NOW!" Bringing his hand out of his pocket the man rushed at Neko, Sandshrew in hand. Neko's only movement on the man was bringing his left hand up towards his face, but not terribly close. The top of his thumb was bent in to the palm of his hand, but his other fingers were put in a claw formation, similar to the tiger claw fighting stance. It didn't take long for the man to get close to Neko. He revealed in his other hand, a butterfly knife. Ready to strike, the man lifted his arm to get more power. A mistake he would regret.
An instant read, in Neko's head, he used his left let to give a quick side kick to the man's stomach making him slow down and hunch slightly. Taking advantage of the situation Neko didn't hesitate to not set his foot down but bring it in and give a massive side kick to his attacker's face. The man stopped dead in his tracks, falling backwards head first. Then forming his hand; Neko pivoted into the man with his right leg, getting him extremely close. The corner of his eye caught the man trying to stab downward with his knife, and with a upward block with left arm he halted the attack and wrapped his arm around the mans, while at the same time chopping quickly at the arm holding the Sandshrew. Once the man's grip was loose enough Neko brought his fist down hard on the man's arm and swiped at the Sandshrew, grasping it tightly under his arm like a football. And to finish, he kneed the man square in the balls with his right knee and pushed him away. Now in extreme pain, the man fell to the ground, cringing along with the other bruises he had obtained.
Seeing his prey on the ground, Neko loosened his grip on the young Sandshrew slightly, and came to a more comfortable stance moving his shoulders in a clockwise fashion and rolled his neck, before taking a glance at the children, who were starting at him blankly.
"Here you go." Neko lowered the Sandshrew down and giving it a second to bring itself out of the ball before completely letting go. The children for a while were actually speechless. The child that was actually just sitting and watching the entire incident happen crawled over to the Sandshrew slowly looking at it in a longing, confused, fashion. Once close enough the child, a girl, reached out her hands towards the Pokemon and suddenly with a heart pounding sob.
"Rocky…" the words almost exploded from her mouth directly focused at the little pokemon. In response, the Sandshrew twisted his head slightly to his left uttering something and then with a tear from its eye it cried back
"Sandshrew…" the tiny Sandshrew leaped into the girl's arms, hugging her tightly, its body shaking with pure joy. Neko only stood and watched this for a moment before he turned to head back towards the bus stop his pace now heavy, and his back slightly hunched, and his hands deep within his pockets, slightly clenched into fists. He passes a large house. The gate itself was as tall as a well trained Pidgeot. As he walked further he saw another house almost the same size, but this one was a tad more modest.
"Hmm." Neko thought to himself as he passed the more modest house he looked upward towards the sky to only see a flock of Pidgey flying overhead cooing sweetly. Neko placed his hands in his pockets and let his shoulders relax. Now looking to his right to the other side of the street, he caught a small Caterpie spinning a cocoon around himself while hanging upside down from a rather large tree. Neko only smiled while he continued to walk towards the corner where he was informed to go. Luckily enough as the corner came in sight, so did the cab. It seemed like the driver was on break since he was sitting on it sipping something from a Styrofoam cup.
"Hey… Driver, can I get a ride in your taxi?" Neko quickened his step into a slow jog just to get to the cab faster so he wouldn't have to yell to the driver next time.
"Of coarse sir, you may step inside but I will take you no where until I have finished my coffee."
"That's ok, I'm pretty tired, ill probably sleep most of the way anyway."
"So, where is it that you are heading sir?"
"New Bark Town actually."
"Really? Why not take the buss with the young trainers?" Neko only lowered his head slightly and raised one eyebrow, staring at the man as if telling him that it was a rhetorical question.
"Ah, I see your point sir, hop in"
"Thank you." With the offer Neko opened the back door to the vehicle finding himself toss his bag in first and his head soon diving in after it as he landed in the soft cushions of the seats. Almost instantly Neko could feel his body relaxing, his neck and back were loosing their tension making his eyes become heavy. A few moments passed before he could hear the driver slam the driver side door shut and the rumbling of the engine as he started the cab. Then with the humming of the engine and the now rolling of the wheels, sleep had found Neko, slipping him off into another world.
~The Summer sun blazed down upon the young Neko and Sarah. The grass, green and luscious, caressed and tickled Neko's bare feet as he swung his foster sister on an old swing in the national park just outside of goldenrod city. Bright smiles showed on the two youngsters faces as they played. Sarah's long hair flew as Neko pushed her from behind, getting hair in his nose every few pushes. Laughing together in unison they played, free of worry.
Suddenly a shadow appeared from behind the two happy pre-teens. Neko noticed the shadow shortly before Morgan and turned around to see what it was. A sudden shock came over him as he saw a woman of in front of him. Trying to cover Sarah with his body, the woman grasped both his shoulders, shaking him viciously, almost choking the young boy. Struggling for a full breath, Neko desperately tried to yell for help but no voice came to his lips, only the dizziness of being shaken. Sarah, never once leaving her foster brother's side, screams violently at the woman and into the openness of the park, but no one came. The man loosened his grip on one of Neko's arms and reached over him towards her. Feeling full breath come to him Neko started fighting back with full adrenaline pulsing through him no longer feeling the shaking sensation. "NO!" he shouted at the woman. Irritated the man threw Neko aside, and all he could hear were shouts and pleads from his foster sister before going black "You Can't, you can't…"~