pbPart Seventeen- Meet the wild Jasusi.../b
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pBy now i was convinced this entire mission was hexed. Maybe a rabid Jynx had seen me at the HQ and zapped me, but everything was turning out weird. The first person i bump into is an idiot who through pure chance manages to tag along, the next person is a rare candy addict who doesnt' even want to get involved in the whole thing, the third is a Meowth who's battle crazy and now THIS...Kojiro it telepathicly communicating with a pokeperson mutant who is wild as a spearow. It's just nuts! The whole thing!
pRight, nuts but neccicary. Kojiro had this power, which was nuts too but we needed that pokeperson, so best make due, correct? Oh man..i wish there weren't days like these...
P"Kojiro, you said she spoke to you in your MIND?" I asked again. i still didn't trust his judgement. C'mon, this was the guy who disguised himself as a bush.
p"Yeah," Kojiro scratched his head. "I'm sure. I was just lying there, and when i got back up i could hear her."
pKyo rolled his eyes, but didn't say anything. It was rather interesting to watch iKyo/i interact with Dad's athourity. Kyo bit his mockery and commented. "I don't understand how the hell that works. The bat don't even speak english, how's she communicatin' with ihim/i?"
p"She's not talking she's sending ipictures/i." defended Kojiro.
pI shrugged. "Remember, insterpecies communication was something they didn't quite get. This might be another way it works. Don't question how things work if they do." I gave Kyo a stern look, which he ignored.
p"My point ain't that it's weird. My point's that why the hell Kojiro and not any of us?"
p::The answer to that should be obvious, even to you, Sparky.:: Dad jumped on Kyo's head and rapped it a few times with his paw. ::Kojiro's the only human here. If Jasusi was communicating in human mode, why would we understand?::
PKyotoshi growled and balled a fist, glaring upwards. "I'll give you 'Sparky..'"
p::tsk! careful, Kyo. Anyone who runs battle sims can tell you attacking your friends makes them vanish real quickly.:: Dad waggled a finger.
pKojiro was getting confused again, being unable to hear Dad's talking. I decided to divert his brain to more useful tasks. "Kojiro, do you think you could convince her we need to talk?"
pKojiro still looked confused. "I don't know..I think the communicating only goes one way."
pKyo snorted and laughed. "Heh! Screw that." Cupping his hands to his mouth, he yelled down the corridors. "YO! Jasusi! We gotta talk, us n' you. What d'ya say?"
pA few Zubats fluttered past us, but no one spoke. Kyo shook his head. No good. We needed another plan. I looked to Dad. "You speak pokemon."
p::Well, you know, it take practice..not as if it's my natural language or anything.:: the Meowth grinned. Heh. Nice joke.
p"Jasusi might trust another pokemon. Call her."
pDad shrugged, walked towards the edge of the corridor and yowled. What he said was closely identical to what Kyo had, but it came out sounding like "MYOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWTH!!"
pA moment later, his call was answered. "CRrrrrrrrreeeeeeeeeeeee...."
pKojiro shook his head like he was trying to clear it. "She doesn't trust us i don't think."
pDad nodded and yowled again. "ME-owth!"
pAgain, we were rewarded with a shriek from Jasusi, and a Zubat came fluttering down teh corridor to hover above us. Dad and Kojiro spoke in unison, even if Kojiro didn't know it. ":She wants us to follow.:"
pDad waved and the Zubat zoomed off. We chased it. ::We're meeting on her terms,:: Dad explained. ::Where she feels safe. No problem.::
pThe Zubat lead us to a wide open cave where Jasusi hid somewhere within. we couldn't tell. Dad started up quickly and explained our situation, the entire story. Jasusi remained quiet until the end.
p"Chreeee."
p"She says she won't go, i think." Kojiro translated in his odd way. "She still won't trust us."
pThat pretty much tore it for Kyotoshi. He jumped forward and shook a finger at the general room, yelling. "Look, freak! We've got our own damn problems. You ain't doin no good hidin in here, and we ain't no damn hunters. You can see that, you freak! But if you don't help us out, we sure as hell ain't gonna be too nice about it!"
pDad crossed his arms and raised an eyebrow. Kyo continued, but took a little notice.
p"Well, i won't anyways. Now you gonna be a help, or hide in here like a friggin idiot?"
pA dark shape dropped down in front of Kyotoshi quite suddenly. He jumped, but recovered quickly. Jasusi had dark matte coloured skin, and large slit eyes like Kyo's own. Twin tails only about a half a meter long hung behind her, accenting the Zubat in her as did the large, leathery wings springing awkwardly from her arms. A torn dress covered her, but it seemed she only wore it because the wings made it impossable to remove. She was entirely pokemon raised, had slipped into the pokemon mentality. She still retained some of her humanity, though. She stood upright and spoke to Kyotoshi's face, though still in Zubat. "Che chatta chee cee. Kachee creecray."
pKojiro shook his head again. "owch! She says Kyotoshi sounds very brave and very desprate. She says since he lost his temper, he's not acting so she believes us." He winced. "ooh it hurts when she does that."
pKyo grit his teeth. "Well next time, damn it, don't jump in front of me like that. I ain't puttin no lives on my damn life that way, for sure."
pJasusi blinked and cocked her head. "Cree? Darm?"
pI pulled J.C.N. from my belt and began to record information on Jasusi. "Myu did this to Daemon for a while, Kyo. Mimiced his words. You've repeated 'Damn' enough that she's picking up."
pDad laughed aloud. ::proves the old theory the first word you learn in another language is a swear word.::
PI grinned and typed some more. "At any rate, this is useful for the two of us that don't her human-talk and for the human who doesn't ilike/i the human-talk." I cast a sideways glance at Kojiro who was still rubbing his head. "Kyo, you just volonteered to teach her English."
p"ME??" Kyo pointed to himself with his mouth wide open. "Oh man, no way in hell. I ain't teachin no damn freak english!"
pWell, he seemed to have a hard enough time speaking it himself but still, she at least understood him somewhat. "What's wrong Kyo? I thought you liked her." I smiled to myself and continued to type in J.C.N.
pKyo flushed bright red, even redder then the Growlithe skin was already. "Man, no Rare Candy's worth this."
pJasusi narrowed her eyes and looked intently at all of us. "Damn. Cree. Damn."
pKojiro winced visably and looked at Jasusi as if she understood him. "PLEASE don't do that!"
pDad decided to translate and save Kyo some pain. :: They don't speak mindspeak, Jasusi. and it causes the only human here pain. Stick to spoken english for the Human and pokemon for these two.:: he motioned to Kyo and i. :: mostly speak english, because the human gets confused otherwise.::
pJasusi nodded knowingly. "Cree cree. Damn."
pKyotoshi covered his face and moaned. "Oh man..do i really gotta teach her english?"
pOne thing you had to say to Jasusi's credit was that she mimiced well, and really fast too. She looked at Kyotoshi with an obviously mocking grin and chuckled. "Man," she grinned. "Chee. Damn."
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pbPart Eighteen- Rare Candies
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P"CREEEEE!!!" Jasusi fell down on her knees and covered her head with her wings, screaming in pain. Kyotoshi and Kojiro bent to help her, i made a note in J.C.N. I hadn't considered it, but it was obvious now. Jasusi had spent several years in complete darkness, leaving only at night with the other Zubats. her eyes where hypersensitive to light, and taking her out of the caves and into broad daylight was a little painful. Kojiro too, looked like he was in pain. Jasusi was probobly sending mindspeach out in her pain.
p"You okay?" Kyotoshi asked, holding the shaking pokeperson up.
pJasusi removed a wing from her eyes for a moment, they were tearing badly as she squinted in the light. "DAMN!" she shrieked aloud and flung the wing back over them.
pDad jumped onto Kyo's shoulder, reached into his jacket pocket and pulled out Kyo's sunglasses. ::I think you better teach her how to use these, too.:: the Meowth decided.
pKyotoshi nodded and did his best. "Hey, Jasi, look." Jasusi looked at him from under her wing, still in a lot of pain. Kyo took the opertunity and slipped the shades quickly onto her. Jasusi blinked once, realized it didn't hurt anymore and reached a hand to gingerly touch the sunglasses.
p"Man," she murmered. She turned to Kojiro, who was now panting as if releived and grinned hugely. "Hey! Hey! Look okree!"
pDad laughed aloud but Kyo groaned. "Jez, Mantis. You sure ain't doin me any favors by this. I think you owe me that other Candy."
pI really shouldn't have been supporting Kyo's problems, but he had a point. The job of teaching Jasusi to speak was going to be taxing. I tossed him the remaining Rare Candy which he caught in one hand and began to unwrap.
p"Candcree?" questioned Jasusi, looking confused. "Cancree?"
pKyo held the unwrapped Candy out for Jasusi to see. "Can-de." he explained. "Rare Candy. And it's mine." He pointed to himself.
p"Damn," Jasusi nodded knowingly. "Candy. Okree Candy?"
pKyo cast me a pleeding look, wondering if he'd ever get to eat the Rare Candy. "The word is 'okay' not 'okree.' And if you keep asking questions i'll never know."
pDad chuckled, Jasusi making an exasperated sound and looking towards him. She obviously understood only a little of what Kyo told her, but it was also obvious she thought he was a really impatient teacher too. "Cree..Mine damn, man."
pKyotoshi glared. "You want me to be un-damn you let me eat the damn candy."
pJasusi shrugged and walked to stand beside me. Dad climbed onto Kyotoshi's head and gave the forward march signal. Kojiro, still confused, followed.
pWe walked towards Cerulean, because from there we could get to Lavender, our next stop, by taking Rock Tunnel. What i expected to find there, i wasn't sure. Hopefully i wouldn't run into Josh again...
pAfter about a mile of walking, Kojiro questioned me in a hushed tone. "Did Kyotoshi actually EAT the Rare Candy?"
pI checked back over my shoulder. Kyo didn't seem any bit changed, maybe he'd re-wrapped the candy to save for later. I tapped J.C.N.'s Ditto mode and lay her on my shoulder, where she blended in. "Take a level check, J.C.N."
p"Level fifty six, still." she replied.
pI closed teh 'dex and shook my head. "No, he didn't eat it yet. And don't ask your next question. We're part pokemon, a Rare Candy works on us same it does on a regular monster."
pKojiro nodded. "Oh, i see."
pJasusi looked rather bored walking. I didn't blame her, i'd rather be flying too. "Cree. Damn. Oh. Cree."
p::Company halt!:: cried Dad. We all stopped except for Kojiro, who kept walking. Oh well, i'd catch him later. Heh.
p"What is it, Dad?" I asked, walking back to see. Jasusi followed.
p"Yeah, so long as we're stopping i'm eating my Candy." Kyotoshi took the candy from his pocket, unwrapped it again and swallowed it. I really didn't want to see the results of any vice, and turned away. Dad, too, decided to pretend the problem didn't exist and jumped off Kyo's head.
p::I hadn't seen any in the mountain, but i knew there would be one sooner or later.:: Dad charged into the brush at the side of the trail and returned with a moonstone in his mouth. ::Moonstones. There's a few back there, a bigger peice must have broken into bits. Have a chunk, save it to evolve something.::
pI took the Moonstone from Dad, but had a better idea. I grinned. "Let's see who's got some Eevee in them."
p::What?::
pI turned to test the stone on Kyo, but found him sitting in the dust, giggling like a kid and grinning hugely. Jasusi, not knowing what had happened, was questioning him insesently with her limited vocabulary. "Damn Candy? Okay Candy? Cree Mine okay damn?"
pKyo just laughed and waved a foot at Jasusi. I growled to myself and pulled out J.C.N. "Level?"
p"Boardering fifty seven. He levels up slowly, i give this about an hour, maybe two. Three at the most."
pDamnit. i shut the pokedex and kneeled next to Kyotoshi. We couldn't make camp to wait for this to wear off, time was not to be wasted in this quest. "Come on, Kyo, get up. Keep moving."
pKyotoshi giggled, lay back in the road and folded his hands behind his head. "Sorry 'm not here right now. leave a message after the beep, beeeeeeeeeep!"
PI sighed angrily. Looked like we were going to have to wait after all. "Dad, go after Kojiro, get him back here."
p::Already on my way.::
p"Damn candy?" Jasusi asked.
pI nodded. "Damn candy." I motioned to Kyotoshi. "Give us another problem. Kyo."
pKyo laughed and swished his hand back and forth in the dirt. "Manti wanti santi sama ain't no fun." Ticking his hand back and forth with each word, he giggled at the end and rolled his eyes towards the sky.
p"Trkrreeeeel." Jasusi took a shot at the complicated word. "Mine Kyo damn candy."
p"Come on get out of the dirt and back on your feet, you're getting dirt all over yourself." I grabbed one of Kyotoshi's hands and dragged him up. I had to drag him, as he wasn't helping much being just dead weight. The pokeperson staggered a little, but stood eventually.
pKyotoshi frowned. "Awwww..."
pBy now his striped hair was full of dust and the entire back of his jacket was absolutally filthy. Great work, Kyo, i thought to myself. You're miles from a washing machine and shower, and you go do this. "You're more trouble then you're worth, i think. You're lucky i think i still need your help."
p"'M lucky, yer lucky, she's lucky.." he cast a drifting sideways glance to Jasusi. "We're all lucky!" he laughed aloud and tripped backwards.
p"Catch him!" I dove, Jasusi dove and Kyo hit a net of Psy waves and wings before he could hit the ground. Jasusi took his hands again and straightened him out.
p"Trrrrubul." she tried again. "Mine Kyo Trrubul."
pi pulled J.C.N. out again and pointed it at Kyotoshi. "J.C.N., record what his blood is right now. This is very weird. He's showing signs of intoxication from a Rare Candy."
pThe 'dex beeped. "Ya think? Actually he's a lot more compliant this way. He isn't nearly as disagreeable. I suggest you take advantage of that and get some questions answered."
pThe computer had a good point. "Jasusi, keep Kyo like that a few minutes." I tossed a storage ball on the ground and out spilled the camping supplies. Imidiately following that pokeball was Cannibulba's, whose vines where really useful when you ran out of arms and attention.
pJasusi looked confused. "Krrrep? Crrretch?"
p"Keep. Catch." i repeated for her, spreading my mind to set up the two tents. Boys and girls, that was how it was going, since i didn't want any trouble. Cannibulba assembled the firepit and unrolled the sleeping bags quickly. I motioned for Jasusi to bring Kyo to one of the tents. "Catch when they fall, keep when they might go somewhere."
p"Ahh. Keep Mine Kyo." Jasusi walked Kyo to the tent and suddenly let go, letting him fall inside with a painful sounding ithud/i.
pI bit my lip. "That would have been a 'catch' situation."
p"Damn."
pWe stepped inside the tent where Kyo was now lying on his back, giggling again, and traceing shapes in the air with his finger. "Kyo, are you willing to talk with me?"
p"Manti-pi fi," he laughed. "All talk no fun."
p"No fun Manti?" Jasusi looked at me, questioning if that was my name. It wasn't important right now so i let it go.
p"Do you remember the labs, Kyo?"
PHe giggled and kicked his feet. "Bad dreams, daz all. Nooooo candies.."
pSo he did know...
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pbPart Nineteen- Bad Dreams, Worse Realities./b
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pWhen he was more lucent, Kyo denied any memory of the Cinnibar labs, or what they'd done to him there. Now, since the Rare Candy was toying with his logic, he wasn't willing to hide what he remembered. Good, We'd need this to save my sister. I flipped J.C.N. open on the floor. "Start recording, J.C.N. And time us. When he finishes leveling up, he'll be rather upset."
pKyo waved his ears in a fluid like motion, seeming just to like the feeling it gave. "Wooooooo..."
p"Do you remeber before the labs, Kyo? How they took you?"
p"Neeeeever take a ride from strangers with candy," Kyo advised hazily. He was definitly drifting off into his own little world. "Out-side playin' n' they got candys..." Kyo grinned. "Strangers got the best candy."
pCute. they'd kidnapped the kids right off their front lawns. "What did they do in the labs?"
P"Lotsa shots n' lotsa shots and lotsa candy.." Kyo giggled again and started to close his eyes drowsily. "Manti panti sama ain't no fun. Noooo moooore Candys from Manti-sa."
pHe was trying my patience. badly. I slapped him, Kyotoshi looked honestly shocked, but started laughing right away again. "Sober up just a little for a minute and talk straight. What else do you remember?"
pHe reached a hand out towards Jasusi, who shied back a little, but Kyo didn't get up or make any other movement towards her other then to twist his hand some. "Jasi gettin' all changed up. Eerie Iri n' me gettin all'a shots n' changin' real slow.." he dropped the hand to his face and felt over his inhuman features. "Reeeaal sloooow.....ain't seein no change at the end...too dark..."
p I wasn't sure what that last part ment. I looked at Jasusi, who despite her limited vocabulary seemed to understand a lot of these words. She shivered. "Mine Kyo damn, no keep."
pKyo didn't pay much attention. He closed his eyes as if he was remembering. "sooo dark ain't no memory..naah...bad dreams, daz all."
p"No keep, Mine Kyo! No keep!" Jasusi backslapped Kyo with her wing, which sent him back a few inches. Since he was already on the floor to begin with, it didn't do much damage. Just like with my slap, he kept laughing.
p"No fun! No keep!" Jasusi pleaded. I put a paw on her shoulder.
p"It's alright. Don't think about what he's saying." Whatever they'd done, the brainwash had failed on Jasusi too, and she understood what Kyo was talking about.
p"Thinkin thinkin..." Kyo giggled and waggled his foot. "Nope, ain't no thinkin neither. Too many shots, too many candies...no thinkin, nope. Just bad dreams..."
p"Who did you fight?" I asked bluntly. I knew he must have fought, just like my sister had. "Do you remember?"
p"Meta meow...lotsa times...again and again and again...oooone down...million b'zillion t'go..."
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p"Metal Myuu?" Once again, we'd wound up with a bit of the puzzle we didn't understand.
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pBy now i was convinced this entire mission was hexed. Maybe a rabid Jynx had seen me at the HQ and zapped me, but everything was turning out weird. The first person i bump into is an idiot who through pure chance manages to tag along, the next person is a rare candy addict who doesnt' even want to get involved in the whole thing, the third is a Meowth who's battle crazy and now THIS...Kojiro it telepathicly communicating with a pokeperson mutant who is wild as a spearow. It's just nuts! The whole thing!
pRight, nuts but neccicary. Kojiro had this power, which was nuts too but we needed that pokeperson, so best make due, correct? Oh man..i wish there weren't days like these...
P"Kojiro, you said she spoke to you in your MIND?" I asked again. i still didn't trust his judgement. C'mon, this was the guy who disguised himself as a bush.
p"Yeah," Kojiro scratched his head. "I'm sure. I was just lying there, and when i got back up i could hear her."
pKyo rolled his eyes, but didn't say anything. It was rather interesting to watch iKyo/i interact with Dad's athourity. Kyo bit his mockery and commented. "I don't understand how the hell that works. The bat don't even speak english, how's she communicatin' with ihim/i?"
p"She's not talking she's sending ipictures/i." defended Kojiro.
pI shrugged. "Remember, insterpecies communication was something they didn't quite get. This might be another way it works. Don't question how things work if they do." I gave Kyo a stern look, which he ignored.
p"My point ain't that it's weird. My point's that why the hell Kojiro and not any of us?"
p::The answer to that should be obvious, even to you, Sparky.:: Dad jumped on Kyo's head and rapped it a few times with his paw. ::Kojiro's the only human here. If Jasusi was communicating in human mode, why would we understand?::
PKyotoshi growled and balled a fist, glaring upwards. "I'll give you 'Sparky..'"
p::tsk! careful, Kyo. Anyone who runs battle sims can tell you attacking your friends makes them vanish real quickly.:: Dad waggled a finger.
pKojiro was getting confused again, being unable to hear Dad's talking. I decided to divert his brain to more useful tasks. "Kojiro, do you think you could convince her we need to talk?"
pKojiro still looked confused. "I don't know..I think the communicating only goes one way."
pKyo snorted and laughed. "Heh! Screw that." Cupping his hands to his mouth, he yelled down the corridors. "YO! Jasusi! We gotta talk, us n' you. What d'ya say?"
pA few Zubats fluttered past us, but no one spoke. Kyo shook his head. No good. We needed another plan. I looked to Dad. "You speak pokemon."
p::Well, you know, it take practice..not as if it's my natural language or anything.:: the Meowth grinned. Heh. Nice joke.
p"Jasusi might trust another pokemon. Call her."
pDad shrugged, walked towards the edge of the corridor and yowled. What he said was closely identical to what Kyo had, but it came out sounding like "MYOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWTH!!"
pA moment later, his call was answered. "CRrrrrrrrreeeeeeeeeeeee...."
pKojiro shook his head like he was trying to clear it. "She doesn't trust us i don't think."
pDad nodded and yowled again. "ME-owth!"
pAgain, we were rewarded with a shriek from Jasusi, and a Zubat came fluttering down teh corridor to hover above us. Dad and Kojiro spoke in unison, even if Kojiro didn't know it. ":She wants us to follow.:"
pDad waved and the Zubat zoomed off. We chased it. ::We're meeting on her terms,:: Dad explained. ::Where she feels safe. No problem.::
pThe Zubat lead us to a wide open cave where Jasusi hid somewhere within. we couldn't tell. Dad started up quickly and explained our situation, the entire story. Jasusi remained quiet until the end.
p"Chreeee."
p"She says she won't go, i think." Kojiro translated in his odd way. "She still won't trust us."
pThat pretty much tore it for Kyotoshi. He jumped forward and shook a finger at the general room, yelling. "Look, freak! We've got our own damn problems. You ain't doin no good hidin in here, and we ain't no damn hunters. You can see that, you freak! But if you don't help us out, we sure as hell ain't gonna be too nice about it!"
pDad crossed his arms and raised an eyebrow. Kyo continued, but took a little notice.
p"Well, i won't anyways. Now you gonna be a help, or hide in here like a friggin idiot?"
pA dark shape dropped down in front of Kyotoshi quite suddenly. He jumped, but recovered quickly. Jasusi had dark matte coloured skin, and large slit eyes like Kyo's own. Twin tails only about a half a meter long hung behind her, accenting the Zubat in her as did the large, leathery wings springing awkwardly from her arms. A torn dress covered her, but it seemed she only wore it because the wings made it impossable to remove. She was entirely pokemon raised, had slipped into the pokemon mentality. She still retained some of her humanity, though. She stood upright and spoke to Kyotoshi's face, though still in Zubat. "Che chatta chee cee. Kachee creecray."
pKojiro shook his head again. "owch! She says Kyotoshi sounds very brave and very desprate. She says since he lost his temper, he's not acting so she believes us." He winced. "ooh it hurts when she does that."
pKyo grit his teeth. "Well next time, damn it, don't jump in front of me like that. I ain't puttin no lives on my damn life that way, for sure."
pJasusi blinked and cocked her head. "Cree? Darm?"
pI pulled J.C.N. from my belt and began to record information on Jasusi. "Myu did this to Daemon for a while, Kyo. Mimiced his words. You've repeated 'Damn' enough that she's picking up."
pDad laughed aloud. ::proves the old theory the first word you learn in another language is a swear word.::
PI grinned and typed some more. "At any rate, this is useful for the two of us that don't her human-talk and for the human who doesn't ilike/i the human-talk." I cast a sideways glance at Kojiro who was still rubbing his head. "Kyo, you just volonteered to teach her English."
p"ME??" Kyo pointed to himself with his mouth wide open. "Oh man, no way in hell. I ain't teachin no damn freak english!"
pWell, he seemed to have a hard enough time speaking it himself but still, she at least understood him somewhat. "What's wrong Kyo? I thought you liked her." I smiled to myself and continued to type in J.C.N.
pKyo flushed bright red, even redder then the Growlithe skin was already. "Man, no Rare Candy's worth this."
pJasusi narrowed her eyes and looked intently at all of us. "Damn. Cree. Damn."
pKojiro winced visably and looked at Jasusi as if she understood him. "PLEASE don't do that!"
pDad decided to translate and save Kyo some pain. :: They don't speak mindspeak, Jasusi. and it causes the only human here pain. Stick to spoken english for the Human and pokemon for these two.:: he motioned to Kyo and i. :: mostly speak english, because the human gets confused otherwise.::
pJasusi nodded knowingly. "Cree cree. Damn."
pKyotoshi covered his face and moaned. "Oh man..do i really gotta teach her english?"
pOne thing you had to say to Jasusi's credit was that she mimiced well, and really fast too. She looked at Kyotoshi with an obviously mocking grin and chuckled. "Man," she grinned. "Chee. Damn."
p
pbPart Eighteen- Rare Candies
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P"CREEEEE!!!" Jasusi fell down on her knees and covered her head with her wings, screaming in pain. Kyotoshi and Kojiro bent to help her, i made a note in J.C.N. I hadn't considered it, but it was obvious now. Jasusi had spent several years in complete darkness, leaving only at night with the other Zubats. her eyes where hypersensitive to light, and taking her out of the caves and into broad daylight was a little painful. Kojiro too, looked like he was in pain. Jasusi was probobly sending mindspeach out in her pain.
p"You okay?" Kyotoshi asked, holding the shaking pokeperson up.
pJasusi removed a wing from her eyes for a moment, they were tearing badly as she squinted in the light. "DAMN!" she shrieked aloud and flung the wing back over them.
pDad jumped onto Kyo's shoulder, reached into his jacket pocket and pulled out Kyo's sunglasses. ::I think you better teach her how to use these, too.:: the Meowth decided.
pKyotoshi nodded and did his best. "Hey, Jasi, look." Jasusi looked at him from under her wing, still in a lot of pain. Kyo took the opertunity and slipped the shades quickly onto her. Jasusi blinked once, realized it didn't hurt anymore and reached a hand to gingerly touch the sunglasses.
p"Man," she murmered. She turned to Kojiro, who was now panting as if releived and grinned hugely. "Hey! Hey! Look okree!"
pDad laughed aloud but Kyo groaned. "Jez, Mantis. You sure ain't doin me any favors by this. I think you owe me that other Candy."
pI really shouldn't have been supporting Kyo's problems, but he had a point. The job of teaching Jasusi to speak was going to be taxing. I tossed him the remaining Rare Candy which he caught in one hand and began to unwrap.
p"Candcree?" questioned Jasusi, looking confused. "Cancree?"
pKyo held the unwrapped Candy out for Jasusi to see. "Can-de." he explained. "Rare Candy. And it's mine." He pointed to himself.
p"Damn," Jasusi nodded knowingly. "Candy. Okree Candy?"
pKyo cast me a pleeding look, wondering if he'd ever get to eat the Rare Candy. "The word is 'okay' not 'okree.' And if you keep asking questions i'll never know."
pDad chuckled, Jasusi making an exasperated sound and looking towards him. She obviously understood only a little of what Kyo told her, but it was also obvious she thought he was a really impatient teacher too. "Cree..Mine damn, man."
pKyotoshi glared. "You want me to be un-damn you let me eat the damn candy."
pJasusi shrugged and walked to stand beside me. Dad climbed onto Kyotoshi's head and gave the forward march signal. Kojiro, still confused, followed.
pWe walked towards Cerulean, because from there we could get to Lavender, our next stop, by taking Rock Tunnel. What i expected to find there, i wasn't sure. Hopefully i wouldn't run into Josh again...
pAfter about a mile of walking, Kojiro questioned me in a hushed tone. "Did Kyotoshi actually EAT the Rare Candy?"
pI checked back over my shoulder. Kyo didn't seem any bit changed, maybe he'd re-wrapped the candy to save for later. I tapped J.C.N.'s Ditto mode and lay her on my shoulder, where she blended in. "Take a level check, J.C.N."
p"Level fifty six, still." she replied.
pI closed teh 'dex and shook my head. "No, he didn't eat it yet. And don't ask your next question. We're part pokemon, a Rare Candy works on us same it does on a regular monster."
pKojiro nodded. "Oh, i see."
pJasusi looked rather bored walking. I didn't blame her, i'd rather be flying too. "Cree. Damn. Oh. Cree."
p::Company halt!:: cried Dad. We all stopped except for Kojiro, who kept walking. Oh well, i'd catch him later. Heh.
p"What is it, Dad?" I asked, walking back to see. Jasusi followed.
p"Yeah, so long as we're stopping i'm eating my Candy." Kyotoshi took the candy from his pocket, unwrapped it again and swallowed it. I really didn't want to see the results of any vice, and turned away. Dad, too, decided to pretend the problem didn't exist and jumped off Kyo's head.
p::I hadn't seen any in the mountain, but i knew there would be one sooner or later.:: Dad charged into the brush at the side of the trail and returned with a moonstone in his mouth. ::Moonstones. There's a few back there, a bigger peice must have broken into bits. Have a chunk, save it to evolve something.::
pI took the Moonstone from Dad, but had a better idea. I grinned. "Let's see who's got some Eevee in them."
p::What?::
pI turned to test the stone on Kyo, but found him sitting in the dust, giggling like a kid and grinning hugely. Jasusi, not knowing what had happened, was questioning him insesently with her limited vocabulary. "Damn Candy? Okay Candy? Cree Mine okay damn?"
pKyo just laughed and waved a foot at Jasusi. I growled to myself and pulled out J.C.N. "Level?"
p"Boardering fifty seven. He levels up slowly, i give this about an hour, maybe two. Three at the most."
pDamnit. i shut the pokedex and kneeled next to Kyotoshi. We couldn't make camp to wait for this to wear off, time was not to be wasted in this quest. "Come on, Kyo, get up. Keep moving."
pKyotoshi giggled, lay back in the road and folded his hands behind his head. "Sorry 'm not here right now. leave a message after the beep, beeeeeeeeeep!"
PI sighed angrily. Looked like we were going to have to wait after all. "Dad, go after Kojiro, get him back here."
p::Already on my way.::
p"Damn candy?" Jasusi asked.
pI nodded. "Damn candy." I motioned to Kyotoshi. "Give us another problem. Kyo."
pKyo laughed and swished his hand back and forth in the dirt. "Manti wanti santi sama ain't no fun." Ticking his hand back and forth with each word, he giggled at the end and rolled his eyes towards the sky.
p"Trkrreeeeel." Jasusi took a shot at the complicated word. "Mine Kyo damn candy."
p"Come on get out of the dirt and back on your feet, you're getting dirt all over yourself." I grabbed one of Kyotoshi's hands and dragged him up. I had to drag him, as he wasn't helping much being just dead weight. The pokeperson staggered a little, but stood eventually.
pKyotoshi frowned. "Awwww..."
pBy now his striped hair was full of dust and the entire back of his jacket was absolutally filthy. Great work, Kyo, i thought to myself. You're miles from a washing machine and shower, and you go do this. "You're more trouble then you're worth, i think. You're lucky i think i still need your help."
p"'M lucky, yer lucky, she's lucky.." he cast a drifting sideways glance to Jasusi. "We're all lucky!" he laughed aloud and tripped backwards.
p"Catch him!" I dove, Jasusi dove and Kyo hit a net of Psy waves and wings before he could hit the ground. Jasusi took his hands again and straightened him out.
p"Trrrrubul." she tried again. "Mine Kyo Trrubul."
pi pulled J.C.N. out again and pointed it at Kyotoshi. "J.C.N., record what his blood is right now. This is very weird. He's showing signs of intoxication from a Rare Candy."
pThe 'dex beeped. "Ya think? Actually he's a lot more compliant this way. He isn't nearly as disagreeable. I suggest you take advantage of that and get some questions answered."
pThe computer had a good point. "Jasusi, keep Kyo like that a few minutes." I tossed a storage ball on the ground and out spilled the camping supplies. Imidiately following that pokeball was Cannibulba's, whose vines where really useful when you ran out of arms and attention.
pJasusi looked confused. "Krrrep? Crrretch?"
p"Keep. Catch." i repeated for her, spreading my mind to set up the two tents. Boys and girls, that was how it was going, since i didn't want any trouble. Cannibulba assembled the firepit and unrolled the sleeping bags quickly. I motioned for Jasusi to bring Kyo to one of the tents. "Catch when they fall, keep when they might go somewhere."
p"Ahh. Keep Mine Kyo." Jasusi walked Kyo to the tent and suddenly let go, letting him fall inside with a painful sounding ithud/i.
pI bit my lip. "That would have been a 'catch' situation."
p"Damn."
pWe stepped inside the tent where Kyo was now lying on his back, giggling again, and traceing shapes in the air with his finger. "Kyo, are you willing to talk with me?"
p"Manti-pi fi," he laughed. "All talk no fun."
p"No fun Manti?" Jasusi looked at me, questioning if that was my name. It wasn't important right now so i let it go.
p"Do you remember the labs, Kyo?"
PHe giggled and kicked his feet. "Bad dreams, daz all. Nooooo candies.."
pSo he did know...
p
pbPart Nineteen- Bad Dreams, Worse Realities./b
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pWhen he was more lucent, Kyo denied any memory of the Cinnibar labs, or what they'd done to him there. Now, since the Rare Candy was toying with his logic, he wasn't willing to hide what he remembered. Good, We'd need this to save my sister. I flipped J.C.N. open on the floor. "Start recording, J.C.N. And time us. When he finishes leveling up, he'll be rather upset."
pKyo waved his ears in a fluid like motion, seeming just to like the feeling it gave. "Wooooooo..."
p"Do you remeber before the labs, Kyo? How they took you?"
p"Neeeeever take a ride from strangers with candy," Kyo advised hazily. He was definitly drifting off into his own little world. "Out-side playin' n' they got candys..." Kyo grinned. "Strangers got the best candy."
pCute. they'd kidnapped the kids right off their front lawns. "What did they do in the labs?"
P"Lotsa shots n' lotsa shots and lotsa candy.." Kyo giggled again and started to close his eyes drowsily. "Manti panti sama ain't no fun. Noooo moooore Candys from Manti-sa."
pHe was trying my patience. badly. I slapped him, Kyotoshi looked honestly shocked, but started laughing right away again. "Sober up just a little for a minute and talk straight. What else do you remember?"
pHe reached a hand out towards Jasusi, who shied back a little, but Kyo didn't get up or make any other movement towards her other then to twist his hand some. "Jasi gettin' all changed up. Eerie Iri n' me gettin all'a shots n' changin' real slow.." he dropped the hand to his face and felt over his inhuman features. "Reeeaal sloooow.....ain't seein no change at the end...too dark..."
p I wasn't sure what that last part ment. I looked at Jasusi, who despite her limited vocabulary seemed to understand a lot of these words. She shivered. "Mine Kyo damn, no keep."
pKyo didn't pay much attention. He closed his eyes as if he was remembering. "sooo dark ain't no memory..naah...bad dreams, daz all."
p"No keep, Mine Kyo! No keep!" Jasusi backslapped Kyo with her wing, which sent him back a few inches. Since he was already on the floor to begin with, it didn't do much damage. Just like with my slap, he kept laughing.
p"No fun! No keep!" Jasusi pleaded. I put a paw on her shoulder.
p"It's alright. Don't think about what he's saying." Whatever they'd done, the brainwash had failed on Jasusi too, and she understood what Kyo was talking about.
p"Thinkin thinkin..." Kyo giggled and waggled his foot. "Nope, ain't no thinkin neither. Too many shots, too many candies...no thinkin, nope. Just bad dreams..."
p"Who did you fight?" I asked bluntly. I knew he must have fought, just like my sister had. "Do you remember?"
p"Meta meow...lotsa times...again and again and again...oooone down...million b'zillion t'go..."
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p"Metal Myuu?" Once again, we'd wound up with a bit of the puzzle we didn't understand.
