Brian followed Meg quickly, but in a steady pace, walking casually and yet not too casually. His brown cloak seemed like a burden to wear, for it was muddy and ripped and quite unlike the expensive attire he was used too, but Brian didn't take it off. Was it willpower, or fear of being seen? Brian didn't know the answer. True, it was willpowering enough not to take off the muddy cloak, but people could easily recognize him as the Kazami boy, because his busy parents always bragged about his grades while at business meetings or formal dinner parties. Brian did not like this attention, this spotlight. Brian then thought silently, 'Do they think about my brother as well?" He gave a low sigh as he tried to imagine his so-called 'evil' brother. If the stories the maids told him were true, Brian couldn't blame him from running away, even if he was evil. In fact, Brian had done just that and he wasn't evil. No sirree.

"It's Meg." he said outloud, as he glanced up ahead, hearing voices. It was Meg, of course, snarling irritably at some Pidgey. Her Nincada seemed unsure of what to do, and simply hid behind her.
"You stupid bird!" she yelled, "How DARE you swoop down and shove Nincada! You stupid THING!" Meg kicked some dirt into the Pidgey's face, and the poor bird flapped away frightenedly. Brian felt sorry for it.
"Easy." he said, walking towards her and the Ninacada, with a light and friendly chuckle. "You won't catch pokemon if you yell at them like that." His tone meant to sound joking and cheerful, but Meg scowled dangerously.
"Don't YOU tell ME what to do! I ain't gonna follow some rich brat's rules." she yelled, and with that Meg spat on Brian's old shoes.

Before Brian could snap back with a nasty remark, he turned his head confusedly at a rhythmetic thumping, coming closer. What was it? He squinted his eyes just in case, but all he could was make out a vague figure. Yet as it came closer he realized it was Kaory. On a Rapidash. Coming 70 miles per hour.

"Incoming!" Kaory cried as she pulled on the reigns. Rapidash neighed and nearly kicked Kaory off, though the horse quickly regained balance and got back on her fours. Kaory released her boots from her stirrup and hopped off, cheerfully.
"You don't need to run us OVER." cried Meg, throwing Kaory a now very, very familiar snarl.
"Hey, you didn't die, did you?" said Kaory, throwing her hands up in a so-sue-me fashion.

Brian simply blinked at he stared at the fighting. It would be almost comical if it wasn't so serious, for there was the tall(yet she seemed short to Kaory) Meg with a permanent scowl and the brainy Kaory towering over Meg with her glasses pushed up against her nose. But all of a sudden, their fighting looked odd. Their mouths were moving, their faces burning with irritation, but no sound came out. In fact, there was no sound anywhere - no whistle of the wind, brushing of the trees, or cawing of the Spearows. Brian's head started to become dizzy until his vision started to become very fuzzy. Then a low voice came inside him, creeping slowly into his mind...

Brian, hissed the voice, Brian, it is you. Brian.. my brother.. My dear brother.
W-what? thought Brian groggily, Who are you?
Your brother. I said that, answered the voice with a tad bit of amusement, You won't be my brother for long though. TARAZ!

Brian instantly woke up from the deep sleep, and with his poor vision at the moment he could see the vague figures of Kaory and Meg, the scared Nincada, Kaory's Rapidash, and another figure. This figure was wearing a long black cloak sweeping the dirt, and Brian could vaguely see a white tail from his back. The figure suddenly threw something at Kaory, it seemed like a black energy ball of some sort.

"No! Nargetta, leave NOW." yelled a voice, whom Brian identified as Kaory, though he wasn't sure, for they were still quite faint.
"Why little Kaory." said the one named Nargetta, "Who would have thought. I'm here totake my brother.. and on second though, you two girls can come along"
Meg's snarl was even more pronounced than ever and she screamed, "GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE, YOU FREAKIN IDIOT!" Her brown eyes glared as if on fire, and if Meg could, she would probably at teared him to pieces.
"I'll be back." were the only words from Nargetta, and he suddenly disappeared.

Then Brian blanked out.

"Is he okay"
"How the hell would I know"
"I hope he's okay"
"Whatever. You're such a worry-wart"
"I am not"
"Yes you are"
"I am not"
"Yes you are"
"I am not"
"Just be quiet, you'll wake him up"
"And I care because. . .?"

Brian awoke groggily, quickly giving a load groan. His back ached terribly and they were probably covered with bruises from the pain, but what hurt most of all was his arm. It was swollen terribly and looked a bit bloody. Brian, blinking sleepily, glanced around. Meg was leaning against a wall, arms crossed boredly, while Kaory sat next to his bed nervously.

"Brian!" cried Kaory. "Good, your awake! I'm sorry if we woke you up"
Meg rolled her eyes and walked over to Brian's hbed, sitting on the foot of it lazily. She glanced at Brian and smirked, and said in an actually nicer tone then before, "When you blanked out, Kaory here got so worried and she brought you back here on a Rapidash. Her Charizard gave me a lift so I wouldn't be so far behind." Meg give a rare little smile, though it was hardly one to call an actual smile.
"Um. Yeah. Sorry if your back hurts, we had to get here in a hurry. The second that Nargetta left he hurled an energy ball at you, but hit your arm. He missed." Kaory explained, giving him a lop-sided smile.
"And can you believe it! Kaory is an ELITE FOUR. She explained to me that the Nargolla dude-" started Meg.
"Nargetta." corrected Kaory.
"Whatever." Meg said, rolling her eyes, "Anyways, Nargo - Erm, NarGETTA is part of the Elite Four. Oh, and that's how she got a Charizard and Rapidash. She told me earlier she got an Arcanine, Houndoom, and Ninetales in there, too!" Meg's eyes flashed excitedly, though it wasn't hard to tell Meg had an evil plan going on in her head.
"Uh huh." Brian said, now looking at Kaory, studying her for once. She sure didn't look like Elite Four material, but whatever.

Suddenly a nurse walked in. She had long brown hair and was quite tall, and looked like the type of girl who would attract boys like flies to honey. Not Brian, though. His heart belonged to pokemon and nothing else.

"Okay." said Kaory and Meg at the same time as they walked out, leaving Brian alone.

LATER...

Kaory, Meg, and Brian were heading towards the first gym. Meg, of course, wanted to be a Pokemon Trainer, while Kaory, it turned out, wanted to write a pokemon book. Brian wasn't sure why he was there, but he decided that he was with these girls because he wanted to get away from his lonely family. But suddenly, from the alley of a bulding, stepped out Nargetta, wearing his black cloak. You couldn't see his face yet Brian knew this man was evil.

"You again!" Meg yelled, sneering at Nargetta. "Why don't you just leave us alone? You did it last time"
"Silly girl." said Nargetta, laughing coldly to himself. "We need you. Just to try some... experiments, you know." His tail crept up from behind him and Brian heard Kaory and Meg give a little gasp.
"Oh, yes, my little friends. I am a pokemorph - a rare species, if I do say so myself." Nargetta explained, his voice boasting and full of evil.
"I can't believe YOU are part of the Elite Four!" snarled Kaory, her face full of anger.

Nargetta simply laughed, and before the three knew it, they were stuffed in seperate bags. The thugs were part of Team Rocket, and they ignored Meg's threats and Kaory's pleas.
For the second time that day, Brian blacked out.
Again.

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