Chapter Two

Starring: Janet Harris, Sand-Cloud Pluff, Gelby Chu



I soon returned my new kojiro to his bishóball and we got moving again. I couldn't wait to find another bishónen trainer so I could have a battle! This was all so exciting!

'Hey, I just realised,' I said. 'I didn't give my kojiro a name.'

'Oh no, whatever shall we do?' Sand-Cloud asked.

'I get the feeling that you don't like him,' I said. Sand-Cloud just sighed. 'Hmm... what should I call him, hey, how about "James"!?'

'Oh, that was just too creative,' said Sand-Cloud.

I giggled. 'That's like, the perfect name! James it is!'

'Goody,' said Sand-Cloud.

'Now let's find another bishónen trainer so we can have a battle!' I said. 'I can't wait to see James's power!'

'Kojiros don't have any power,' said Gelby. 'They're one of the weakest bishónen of all. Takeshis, kenjis and even satoshis beat them all the time!'

'Shut up!' I said. 'At least kojiros aren't prepubescent!'

'That's why their voices are always breaking,' commented Sand-Cloud.

'Shut up!' I repeated, and stormed off.



'Hey you!'

I turned around. A girl around my age with long black hair was looking at me.

'You a bishónen trainer?' she asked.

'Sure am!' I boasted. 'And I've got a reeeally cool bishónen!'

'Um,' said the girl. 'Good. Want to battle?'

My eyes lit up. 'Wow, my first real bishónen battle! Cool! Let's go!'

'Your first battle?' the girl asked. 'Don't think I'll go easy on you. I choose.. Mamoru!'

I gasped as she threw a bishóball and a tall bishónen with dark hair appeared. He was pretty cute.. and he looked really strong too. I wasn't sure if James could beat him.. but I had to at least try!

'James!' I said, tossing my bishóball. 'I choose you!'

The girl burst out laughing, as did her mamoru. 'A KOJIRO!? This will be easy. Mamoru, petal dance!'

I gasped as her bishónen produced a rose, just like James's! He spun it around a few times and a swarm of petals emerged, heading straight for James. My bishónen cried out in pain as he was cut by the sharp blades of the flower. I bit my lip. Being just caught, my kojiro wasn't at a high enough level to use his own petal dance..

'James!' I said. 'You can do it! Defense curl!'

'Ko!' said James. He curled himself into a ball. Which looked really quite hilarious, but I wasn't in the mood for laughing.

'Hmph,' said my opponent. 'Kojiros are so pathetic, all they can do is defend, and they can't even do that very well. Mamoru, keep up the petal dance!'

'Moru!' nodded her bishónen. He blasted another flurry of petals at James, and the poor kojiro collapsed. I felt tears in my eyes and recalled him to his bishóball. The girl smirked. 'That was too easy.'

'It's not fair,' I complained. 'It's only my first battle, and I was stuck with a stupid kojiro!'

The girl smiled. 'Actually, kojiros aren't all bad. They do learn some stronger attacks if you train them well enough. They're no match for mamorus, though. With their superior rose abilities and their dashing good looks, mamorus are easily the best grass-type bishónen of all.'

'What the hell do you mean, "dashing good looks"!?' I said angrily. 'Are you calling James ugly?'

'Of course not,' said the girl. 'Kojiros are pretty hot, but they're just not battlers. And they're stupid, too.'

'Are not!' I argued.

'There you are!' called a familiar voice. I turned around and saw Sand-Cloud and Gelby hurrying towards me.

'You just missed my first bishónen battle!' I said.

'Wow really, did you win?' Gelby asked.

'Um.. maybe..' I said. Sand-Cloud rolled her eyes.

'Anyway, it was good battling with you,' said the girl. She held out her hand. I paused and shook it. 'My name's Sylvia. Maybe we'll meet again some day, and we can have another battle. Keep training that kojiro, it could be a good battler some day.'

I smiled, and nodded. 'My name's Janet by the way. I'll see you later, then.'

Sylvia nodded, recalled her mamoru, and left. I sighed. James really did need a lot of training..



~Janet~