Prologue: One Day
Wan Hana is not having a good day. First, she gets demoted to janitor, and then her bosses decide that she's to be reinstated, but only to follow a couple of new trainers.
"What do they think I am, a baby sitter?" she grumbles, stomping down through the halls of the Rocketto Dan's headquarters. Stopping in front of a door, she flips out a card key and swipes it angrily through the slot.
"Besides, they're just a couple of new trainers. They haven't even gotten their pokemon yet! And I bet you could find better pokemon out in the wild! This is-"
She is interupted by a dark, brooding voice, coming out from the shadows. "This is my order, Wan-san. Do you have a problem with it?"
Hana gasps, then snaps off a smart salute. When they told her to go see someone for her briefing, she'd never thought that it would be... him!
"N-no sir! I am at your disposal, sir! What are your orders?"
"Just to follow these two girls." Two pictures pop up on the large screen behind his chair, along with their bios. Wan studies them carefully. The first picture is of a pretty, young girl, with long black hair and dusty blue eyes. The girl in the other picture, however...
"Sir, isn't that-" Wan starts, pointing to the second picture, but he interupts her.
"That's none of your business, understand? Now, they should be heading to Masara and that fool Ookido to get their pokemon. You are to follow them wherever they go, and make sure no harm comes to them."
Hana's blue eyes go wide, and she nods, fearfully, snapping off another salute. "Yes sir."
The man swivels his chair around to face the young Rocketto member. "You are dismissed."
She turns on her heel, marching out as quickly as possible. The man leans back in his chair, smirking a little and petting the Persian that's lying next to his feet.
"You will be well protected, young one. Oh yes, you will be. And eventually we will meet, and then..."
He turns his chair back around to look at the screen. "Then, you will learn of your true destiny."
* * *
Hana skids to a stop, a few pebbles falling to the ground, twenty feet below. She drops down to her stomach, bringing the binoculars up from around her neck, adjusting them till she can see clearly.
There, down in the forest, are two girls. The two girls she's been sent to protect. She has her suspicions on why Sakaki himself sent her, but she will not voice them. At least, not yet. Besides, this is a far easier job than a lot of the members of Rocketto Dan get stuck with.
One of the girls trips on a root. It's the other one, the red head.
"What's her name again? Faia, that's it. And Kinsei's the one with the black hair. Well well, aren't we clumsy?"
Hana represses a laugh as Faia manages to get back up, only to fall down again, this time bringing Kinsei with her.
"With my luck, they'll get themselves hurt before anyone else has a chance at them."
She looks up at the sky as a Pidgeotto goes flying overhead, then back to the girls. It looks as if they've stopped for lunch, so Hana decides to do the same thing.
* * *
"Oh no! I've lost them! I knew I shouldn't have had that last rice cake..."
The blonde haired Rocketto Dan member frantically searches for the two girls through the high powered binoculars, sweatdropping furiously.
"They couldn't have gotten far... Ahah! There they are!" Letting out a relieved sigh, she lets the binoculars drop back around her neck, hanging by the strap, and continues on walking, stumbling a bit every now and then.
"Rocketto Dan should really change their uniforms... Ow! At least the shoes, anyway. These boots HURT!"
* * *
Faia looks up at a loud sound, coming from the ledges above them.
"Strange, Sonzaino-chan. It sounds like someone's up there. And... it sounds like they're complaining about... skirts?"
Kinsei laughs, waving a hand at her friend. "I don't think there's anyone up there, Kouno-chan. If there was, don't you think we would have seen them by now?"
Faia pauses for a moment, looking up at the ledges again. "Hmm... You're probably right." She jogs a bit to catch up with Kinsei. "Still, I can't help having the feeling that someone's following us..."
Kinsei grabs Faia's hand, stepping up her pace to a run. "Just ignore it, Kouno-chan! We're almost there! If we hurry, we can make it by morning!"
The red head laughs, running along with her friend. "Alright! Masara, here we come!"
Wan Hana is not having a good day. First, she gets demoted to janitor, and then her bosses decide that she's to be reinstated, but only to follow a couple of new trainers.
"What do they think I am, a baby sitter?" she grumbles, stomping down through the halls of the Rocketto Dan's headquarters. Stopping in front of a door, she flips out a card key and swipes it angrily through the slot.
"Besides, they're just a couple of new trainers. They haven't even gotten their pokemon yet! And I bet you could find better pokemon out in the wild! This is-"
She is interupted by a dark, brooding voice, coming out from the shadows. "This is my order, Wan-san. Do you have a problem with it?"
Hana gasps, then snaps off a smart salute. When they told her to go see someone for her briefing, she'd never thought that it would be... him!
"N-no sir! I am at your disposal, sir! What are your orders?"
"Just to follow these two girls." Two pictures pop up on the large screen behind his chair, along with their bios. Wan studies them carefully. The first picture is of a pretty, young girl, with long black hair and dusty blue eyes. The girl in the other picture, however...
"Sir, isn't that-" Wan starts, pointing to the second picture, but he interupts her.
"That's none of your business, understand? Now, they should be heading to Masara and that fool Ookido to get their pokemon. You are to follow them wherever they go, and make sure no harm comes to them."
Hana's blue eyes go wide, and she nods, fearfully, snapping off another salute. "Yes sir."
The man swivels his chair around to face the young Rocketto member. "You are dismissed."
She turns on her heel, marching out as quickly as possible. The man leans back in his chair, smirking a little and petting the Persian that's lying next to his feet.
"You will be well protected, young one. Oh yes, you will be. And eventually we will meet, and then..."
He turns his chair back around to look at the screen. "Then, you will learn of your true destiny."
* * *
Hana skids to a stop, a few pebbles falling to the ground, twenty feet below. She drops down to her stomach, bringing the binoculars up from around her neck, adjusting them till she can see clearly.
There, down in the forest, are two girls. The two girls she's been sent to protect. She has her suspicions on why Sakaki himself sent her, but she will not voice them. At least, not yet. Besides, this is a far easier job than a lot of the members of Rocketto Dan get stuck with.
One of the girls trips on a root. It's the other one, the red head.
"What's her name again? Faia, that's it. And Kinsei's the one with the black hair. Well well, aren't we clumsy?"
Hana represses a laugh as Faia manages to get back up, only to fall down again, this time bringing Kinsei with her.
"With my luck, they'll get themselves hurt before anyone else has a chance at them."
She looks up at the sky as a Pidgeotto goes flying overhead, then back to the girls. It looks as if they've stopped for lunch, so Hana decides to do the same thing.
* * *
"Oh no! I've lost them! I knew I shouldn't have had that last rice cake..."
The blonde haired Rocketto Dan member frantically searches for the two girls through the high powered binoculars, sweatdropping furiously.
"They couldn't have gotten far... Ahah! There they are!" Letting out a relieved sigh, she lets the binoculars drop back around her neck, hanging by the strap, and continues on walking, stumbling a bit every now and then.
"Rocketto Dan should really change their uniforms... Ow! At least the shoes, anyway. These boots HURT!"
* * *
Faia looks up at a loud sound, coming from the ledges above them.
"Strange, Sonzaino-chan. It sounds like someone's up there. And... it sounds like they're complaining about... skirts?"
Kinsei laughs, waving a hand at her friend. "I don't think there's anyone up there, Kouno-chan. If there was, don't you think we would have seen them by now?"
Faia pauses for a moment, looking up at the ledges again. "Hmm... You're probably right." She jogs a bit to catch up with Kinsei. "Still, I can't help having the feeling that someone's following us..."
Kinsei grabs Faia's hand, stepping up her pace to a run. "Just ignore it, Kouno-chan! We're almost there! If we hurry, we can make it by morning!"
The red head laughs, running along with her friend. "Alright! Masara, here we come!"